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Carleton, Herbert W., d. 1992
Carleton, Herbert Oswald
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1912-1919
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0465
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Carleton Collection is a series of 461 feature film still photographs taken during the years 1912-1919. The stills are arranged alphabetically according to film titles. Most of the stills are in excellent condition, although some are torn or cracked at the edges. Only two of the films (The Awakening of Helena Richie and Birth of a Race) from...
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Danske filminstitut
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circa 1915-1986
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10 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0543
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains primarily black-and-white silver gelatin photographic prints, produced by film studios and distributors for advertising and theater lobby display purposes. The films are mostly American, although the collection includes some European and Japanese films. Some films are accompanied by small booklets in Danish.
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Sardino, Robert C.
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1914-1981, undated
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2.1 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1471
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of motion picture exhibition ephemera (lantern slides, publicity photographs, and paper) saved by Robert L. Sardino during his years working in motion picture theaters in Syracuse, New York.
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Myrow, Josef
Gordon, Mack, 1904-1959
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1926-1977, undated
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1 motion picture film
3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1363
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mack Gordon (1904-1959) was a prolific and successful songwriter, lyricist, and composer. He composed songs for stage and screen. He and Harry Warren won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1943.
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Reingold, Nathan,1927-
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1947
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0.31 cu. ft. (0.31 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-266
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of motion picture stills and a black-and-white photograph from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie, "The Beginning or the End" (1947), directed by Norman Taurog, with original story by Robert Considine and screenplay by Frank W. Wead, and starring Brian Donlevy and Robert Walker. These materials were used by Nathan Reingold ...
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Jazz and Big Band Collection
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Morrow, Buddy
Mooney, Art
Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
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1927 - 1966
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1388
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record i...
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Gay Life Magazine
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1961-2004, undated
bulk 1995-2000
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1353
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of promotional photographs and press kits used to promote motion pictures and made for television motion pictures and other entertainment.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1970, 1995-1996, undated
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-250
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of exhibition films. "Rube Goldberg: Or Doing It the Hard Way" accompanied a 1970 retrospective of Rube Goldberg's work at the National Museum of History and Technology, titled "Do It the Hard Way: Rube Goldberg and Modern Times." Goldberg was an engineer, inventor,...
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Vidor, King, 1894-1982
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1936-1982
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2.1 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vidoking
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Archives of American Art
The papers of King Vidor measure 2.1 linear feet and include correspondence, printed material, and a variety of materials related to the documentary Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980) written and directed by Vidor, including production notes, photographs, and motion picture film.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1893-1969
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2.96 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 7 oversize folders, 8 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Motion
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Motion Pictures forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana