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Vining, Margaret
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Gregory, Edmund B.
Heller, Edward L.
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1995 August 24
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0608
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This video history documents the research and development of the Quartermaster Corps during World War II, highlighting materials used to create gear for combat soliders in various terrains and weather conditions.,Lt. Col. Edward L. Heller, U.S.A. Ret., discusses the Quartermaster Corps' inventive research and development work in an afternoon panel ...
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Brannock Device Company Records
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Park-Brannock.
Park, Ernest N.
Brannock, Otis C.
Brannock, Charles F., 1903-1992
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1925 - 1998
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12 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0672
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Brannock Device Company began with the 1925 invention of the Brannock Device, a tool to measure foot length and width at the same time, by inventor and businessman Charles F. Brannock. Early in his career Brannock worked as a shoe salesman at the Park-Brannock shoe store, and in 1962 he became the CEO of the company. This collection documents both the Park-Brannock store and the Brannock Device. Materials in The Brannock Device Company Records, 1925-1998, include of correspondence, design drawings, United States and foreign patents and trademarks, advertisements, product information, sales records, photographs, and a film strip documenting the invention, promotion, and sale of the Brannock Device as well as the concurrent development of Park-Brannock as a leading shoe store in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Brooke, John Rutter, 1838-1926
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circa 1867-1891
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17 Mounted prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4599
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs mostly made by William S. Soule and George E. Trager, and probably acquired by John Rutter Brooke while stationed with the US Army at Camp Supply (circa 1873) and the Department of the Platte (1888-1895). Photographs by William S. Soule document life at Camp Supply, depicting Arapaho people (including Chief Powder Face), tipis and enca...
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1941-1942
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0043
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of four volumes of 'Survey of Central African Seaports and Air Routes.' The volumes include photographs, charts, and pages of text, gathered during 139 days of travel covering approximately 16,000 miles through Central Africa. The purpose of the survey was to assist the Departments [War? or a department in Pan Am?] in deter...
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Trio Photograph and Supply Company
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1919-1924
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19 Photographic prints
1 Photographic postcard
11 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.134
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographic prints made by the Trio Photograph and Supply Company in an around Vancouver Island, Canada among the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) community between 1919 and 1924.
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United States. War Production Board.
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1943-1945
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0341
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the War Production Board concerning watches (including clocks and timers) so that both the civilian population and the military would be supplied with adequate and reliable timepieces.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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1926-1938
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0034
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains bibliographies, correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets and drafts of papers on aerial mapping and photography (one authored by Maj. James Bagley). It also contains a dictionary of photographic terms (in German) and material on various cameras and other equipment including Adam Hilger Ltd.'s Survey Stereoscope; Fairchi...
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Neely, Marvin Y.
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1944-1945
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1 Cubic foot ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0049
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a oversized scrapbook with a wooden cover which contains photographs of the construction of the bases on Tinian. The following Tinian construction sites/projects are covered: general aerial and ground images of Tinian; the waterfront; tank farms; water supply; army camps; bomb dumps; airfields; road construction; and hos...
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James Knights Co.
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1951-1981
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0.6 Cubic feet (1 box)
1 Film reel
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0847
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents proposed legislation regulating the import and export of watch components. Also included is a film entitled "Crystals for the Critical".
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Seaborn, Walter J. Captain, 1892-
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bulk 1917-1919
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0.63 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box, 1 slim letter document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0053
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of original papers documenting Captain Walter Seaborn's World War I service, especially his duties relating to the Army Air Service's evaluation, procurement, and transfer of German aircraft and equipment to the United States after the war. The following types of material are included in the collection: correspondence, memorandums, reports, photographs, passenger lists, resumes, supply receipts, rosters, notes, publications, and military orders. There is also a photocopy of letters, photographs, and documents, bound in a book entitled "The Seaborn Family 1882-1972." This book contains information about Captain Seaborn and his family.