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GAF Corporation
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1939-1963
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3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1476
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of historical and business records for ANSCO, a company now owned by GAF (General Aniline and Film Corporation).
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Celluloid Corporation Records
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Hyatt, John Wesley (inventor)
Celluloid Corporation.
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1883 - 1943
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3 Cubic feet (3 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0009
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of trade catalogs, price lists, notebooks, promotional literature, patents, a salesman's kit (including samples), photographs and prints of plant buildings, personnel, celluloid molds and by-products documenting the Celluloid Corporation.
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Spiller, Mortimer
Spiller, Harley
Mortimer Spiller Company
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1954 - 1989
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2.25 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1387
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Spiller Company's work in developing print advertising and advertising novelties such as advertisements placed on balloons, blotters, clipboards, calendars, hats, etc. Many of the products they developed advertisements for were toys and novelties. The collection includes design drawings, a notebook, business records, co...
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Anderson, John R.
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circa 1850-1990
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4.8 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1257
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of archival materials on the history of the piano, including: print advertisements for piano makers; sales brochures and catalogs for various piano makers; part and supply catalogs; price lists; trade cards; postcards; trade publications; owners' manuals; tuning guides and magazines; instruction books; photographs; an account book for ...
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Fried, Frederick, 1909-1994
Illions, Bernard J.
Cernigliaro, Salvatore
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1925-1994.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0675
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A diverse collection of papers relating to amusement parks and playgrounds, with most of the papers relating to carousels. Contents include correspondence, photographs (including one cyanotype), exhibition catalogs, trade literature and trade catalogs, price lists, articles and clippings, newsletters, and patents (photocopies) for carousel animals....
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Lombard Governor Company.
Sorensen, William
American Lincoln Corporation
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1898-1970s.
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6.75 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1091
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of records documenting the Lombard Governor Company: photographs (including glass plate negatives), blueprints, printed material, price lists, reports, catalogs and trade literature, bulletins, and a notebook of patents.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Erie City Iron Works.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1869-1960
bulk 1875-1912
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1050
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents a company founded in the 1840s in Erie, Pennsylvania as Presque Isle Foundry. It changed its name to Erie City Iron Works in 1851. Erie City iron Works made engines (stationary, portable and agricultural), boilers, and circular saw mills. The documents include products through catalogs, trade literature, photographs, blueprints and drawings.
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Jackson, Harry
Stall and Dean Co.
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1898-1998
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 2 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0669
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1, Stall and Dean's product catalogs, 1904-1973; Series 2, Stall and Dean's price lists, 1919-1966, and order blanks, 1998; Series 3, Promotional brochures, 1913 and 1926; Series 4, Catalogs of Stall and Dean's competitors, 1898-1966; Series 5, Non-sports catalogs, manuals and other printed materials, 1934-1962; and Series 6, Illustrations and graphic materials, undated.
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Bedman, John
Bedman, James
Bedman, William
Bedman, Joseph
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1859 - 1984
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8.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- AAG.BED
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Archives of American Gardens
The Bedman Brothers Company Records collection focuses primarily on the business and financial transactions of Bedman Brothers seed company of Rahway, New Jersey, and includes accounting ledgers, purchase orders, price lists, miscellaneous business and family correspondence, and various brochures, pamphlets and leaflets related to horticultural topics. Other holdings in the collection include World War II ration stamps and two scrapbooks, one of which contains many late nineteenth and early twentieth century chromo-lithographed trade cards (primarily from the sewing, clothing, and floral industries). The other scrapbook holds news clippings from the Civil War period. Seperated materials include seed gathering equipment used by field workers.
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Gatter, Carl
Fisher, Richard, Mrs.
Fisher, Richard
Fisher, Bruce & Company.
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1920-1940s
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3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0370
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fisher, Bruce & Company, importers of china, earthenware, and glassware, were located on Market Street, Philadelphia. The collection contains catalog pages and price lists for china, earthenware, and glassware imported from Belgium, Britain, France, and Italy, and some American ceramics.