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Hughes & Estabrook
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1919.
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1 Cubic foot
paper,,10" x 36".,Silver gelatin on
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0209
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Panoramic silver gelatin print, showing over one hundred men, women, and children posed in rows. Many of the men wear straw hats, and a baseball bat lies in the foreground.
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District of Columbia. Department of Recreation
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1955-1998; 2006
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3.58 Linear feet (2 boxes and 1 oversize photograph)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-098
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection documents the activities of Garry Garber, a founder and 35-year member of the Roving Leaders Program of the DC Department of Parks and Recreation in Washington, DC. Materials include correspondence, brochures, reports, newsletters, financial records, meeting minutes, and the personal daily work diaries of Mr. Garber. It also conta...
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Ryder Mobile Homes Park Collection
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Ryder Mobile Homes, Inc.
Zink, Philip G.
Zink, Scott
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circa 1920s-2001
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15 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0777
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents trailer park life, particularly the Ryder Mobile Homes Park founded by Ralph Ryder in New Haven, Connecticut in 1930.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1987
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-125
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of U-matic videotapes documenting two programs celebrating the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art. The symposium "Recreation with the Muses: Creativity in the Arts and Sciences" (8 videotapes) was held on September 11, 1987, and organized by the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies and the National Academy ...
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U.S. Army Special Services Agency
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1945-1971.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0785
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival material documenting the recreational activities provided to U.S. Army troops in Europe by the U.S. Army Special Services, ca. 1945-1971. Newsletters comprise the majority of the collection.
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circa 1870-1910
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1.75 Cubic feet
807 Stereographs (black and white, color ;, 3 1/2 x 7 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.STR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Historic Gardens Stereograph Collection includes 807 stereographs that depict various public gardens, parks, and tourist attractions throughout the United States, with an emphasis on features related to horticulture and landscape design, including plants, garden furniture, and topiaries. Most, but not all views, show exterior features. A number of stereographs indicate the photography studio on the recto or verso, as well as a series or image number. Many include a brief caption; some include a lengthy description on the verso. Few are dated.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1911
- Size:
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box, 345 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0335
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Some of the 345 silver gelatin photoprints, mounted on gray paper pages in this album, apparently were taken in Houston, as the title page indicates. However, many others were taken in New Orleans, and possibly other areas in the Gulf States. The New Orleans pictures depict City Park, St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, above ground cemeteries, the...
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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1932 June
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25 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3341
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Notebook containing autobiographies of two Kiowa women handwritten in English by Truman Michelson. The two women, ages 72 and 73, recount memories from their childhood and their marriages. Topics include childhood amuseuments, being vaccinated for smallpox, adultery, and interpersonal relationships between relatives.
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Fischer, Bernard, 1900-1986
Fischer, Phyllis Potter
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[ca.1915-1977]
- Size:
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3.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fiscbern
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material; correspondence; financial material; writings and notes; teaching material; printed material; sketchbooks; diaries; scrapbooks; photographs; and artwork relate to the Fischers' work in crafts businesses, teaching, and involvement in crafts organizations.
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Miser, Hugh D. (Hugh Dinsmore), 1884-1969
- Dates:
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undated
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7 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.74-44
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs mounted on two unbound album pages, probably put together by Hugh D. Miser. They depict pictographs in Utah; Elarco Natural Bridge in Glen Canyon, Arizona; an Arkansas diamond mine; and a portrait of Ben K. Emerson. Miser acquired the photographs from Kirk Bryan, Heber Christensen, and Wilbur A. Nelson.