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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Alabama Mining Institute
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undated.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1004
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two volumes of photographs, plus negatives, of mining villages in Alabama, featuring company commissaries, hospitals, dining halls, boarding houses, schools, and recreational facilities. The photographs are captioned as to which facilities were for white employees and which for "colored" employees. Companies documented include the Woodward Iron Com...
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Photographic History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Martin, Ray
Hill, Ira L. (Ira Lawrence), 1877-1947
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1912-1953
bulk 1925-1931
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200 Cubic feet (300 wooden drawers; 23,metal file drawers)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0144
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 86,000 photographic negatives (Series 1) and twenty-three drawers of file cards (Series 2) comprise the collection. Most of the pictures are studio portraits. Series 1: Photonegatives The majority of the negatives are glass plates, 5 x 7 inches. Approximately 10% of the total number of images are on film, also 5 x 7 inches, and al...
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Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection
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Schiedt, Duncan P.
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1900-2012, undated
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65 Cubic feet (124 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1323
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Duncan Schiedt (1921-2014) was a jazz scholar, writer, photographer, film maker, researcher and pianist. He authored four books relating to jazz history. Many of his photographs and articles were featured in magazines, periodicals and documentaries. Schiedt also collected the work of other photographers on the subject of jazz. The collection primarily consists of photographs created by or collected by Mr. Schiedt.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman-Standard
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circa 1882-1955
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128.5 Cubic feet (145 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1175
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of approximately 13,500 images (original photographs, copy prints, and film and glass plate negatives) for freight, passenger, private, and street and rapid transit cars manufactured by the Pullman Palace Car Company. The collection contains primarily early railroad Americana, including interior and exterior views of private and business cars as well as passenger and street cars. The collection is an important part of the historical record of the railroad car-building industry as well as the history of architecture and interior design.
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Olmstead, G. Dwoyid (Gilbert Dwoyid), 1914-1985
Williams, Sydney Olmstead
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ca. 1941-1949.
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 vertical boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0270
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains one hundred seventy eight (178) film photonegatives by G. Dwoyid Olmstead in 4 x 5 in. sheet and cut film and 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (#120) rollfilm sizes; the rollfilm negatives are cut apart into either individual frames or double image strips. Most of the photographs were taken in the early 1940s in the Hill District, Pittsbur...
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
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1898 - 1987
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145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.
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Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1929-1989
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87 Boxes
The subseries consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.06
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.6 consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Rice, Moses P.
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
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1900-1994
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320 Boxes
The subseries consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives..
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.04
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials document negatives that could not be connected to a specific client. The subjects include art, buildings, and unidentified individuals.
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d'Arazien, Arthur
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circa 1930-2002
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11 Cubic feet (21 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0314
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes Arthur d'Arazien's professional work in industrial photography from the late 1940's through about 1981; personal creative photography and other types of professional work were retained by Mr. d'Arazien or placed elsewhere. Thus this collection is a very cohesive, unified body of work, which documents primarily American (and...
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Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
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1888-1993
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106 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 1 consists of almost entirely black and white photographs, but in the subseries of clients, there may also be job envelopes, order materials, and other photographic material types that were included in the overall order. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records.