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United States. Panama Canal Commission
Panama Canal Company
- Dates:
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1903-circa 1939
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6 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1116
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of 719 negatives on various subjects relating to the building of the Panama Canal and the U.S. presence there until the late 1930s.
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Tylander, Charles
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bulk 1970s-2000s
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2.21 Cubic Feet ((8 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0043
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 6,479 postcards collected by Charles C. Tylander. The postcards represent many national and international airlines including Adria Airways (Germany/Slovenia); Aer Lingus (Ireland); Aeroflot (Russia); Aeromexico (Mexico); AeroPeru (Peru); Aero Trasporti Italiani (ATI) (Italy); Air Afrique (France); Air Alger...
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Lantern slides of Brazil, Cuba, and Costa Rica
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1919-1926
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137 lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.142
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs, probably made by a tourist, documenting architecture and city scenes in Havana, Cuba (1919); San Jose and Port Simon, Costa Rica (1926); and Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Some images depict agriculture and religious subjects, including those of an experimental agriculture station in Cuba, the coffee industry in Brazil, and a J...
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Britton, Joe
Matheis-Kraft, Carol
- Dates:
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1945
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Panama, the Panama Canal, the Canal Zone, the San Blas Islands, military installations in Panama, villages, local buildings, people, flora and fauna, circa 1945.
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Hughes, William E.
- Dates:
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circa 1891-1931
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5 Reels (16 mm)
15 Negatives (glass)
2,800 lantern slides (circa)
1 Scrapbook
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.75-18
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made or collected by William E. Hughes during his travels in the United States, Greenland, Japan, Grenada, Trinidad, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Cuba, Venezuela, France, Brazil, Costa Rica, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey. They document the landscapes, churches, pu...
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Krinsky, Carol Herselle
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1964-2004
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2.92 Linear Feet ((7 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These papers consist of research materials collected and used by Professor Carol Herselle Krinsky for her book Contemporary Native American Architecture: Cultural Regeneration and Creativity.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Kingsford, Katherine
- Dates:
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circa 1904-1914
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1040
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of photographs of Panama and the Panama Canal, circa 1904-1914.
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Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985
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circa 1942-1948
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700 copy prints (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4632
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs assembled circa 1942-1948, probably as part of the Strategic Index of Latin America, and relating to people and scenery in Latin America. They depict transportation, irrigation, agriculture and industry (including rubber production), cities and villages, and archeological finds. The prints are arranged geographically into the followin...
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Wilson, Nathaniel Jr.
- Dates:
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bulk 1942-1959
- Size:
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0036
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Nathaniel "Buddy" Wilson, Jr. (1936-2010) wrote to various airlines as a child asking them to send him examples of baggage labels. He was very successful and collected many from regional, national, and international airlines. This small collection consists of approximately 0.20 cubic feet of baggage labels, airmail labels, etiquettes, and other ephemera from various airlines.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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circa 1846-1942
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0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 2 folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Mexico
- Repository:
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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: Mexico forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana