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Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
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1949 - 1996
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0.66 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1398
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes advertising materials for Crown Central's credit card and credit check programs, for gifts (cameras, kitchenware) offered by its service station to repeat customers; a set of posters and a design drawing for them, exhorting drivers to drive safely, featuring images of governors of states, President Dwight Eisenhower, FBI Dir...
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American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection
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American Petroleum Institute.
- Dates:
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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Ward, Frank Elmo, 1912-1964
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1929-1965
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0783
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A very complete collection of records of a "Mom and Pop" rural service station in the post-World War II era. Includes papers illustrating the day-to-day operations of the garage, such as financial records, ledgers, and property records. Also included are personal papers, such as a diploma and letters; and photographs, both personal and of the business.
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Call Carl, Inc.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1914-1975
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box, 2 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1474
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival material, including advertising and business records from the "Call Carl" chain of Washington, DC, automotive service stations. The collection includes photographs of Washington, DC streets in the years before automobiles; photographs of the building exterior; photographs of the interior, including employees at work in the garages as well...
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Christensen, Janice
- Dates:
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1943-1959
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0.48 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0050
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material chronicling Janice Christensen's Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) service.
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Granatelli, Andy, 1923-2013
Granatelli, Vincent
Grancor Automotive Specialists
Hurricane Hot Rod Association
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1940s-1990s
- Size:
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66 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1403
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Granatelli's lifelong involvement with automobiles, from his youth through his career as an auto industry executive, and as a racing car owner, designer and promoter. The collection consists primarily of files, photographs, scrapbooks, and drawings. Some of the earliest files relate to Grancor, a company founded by Granatel...
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Carey, Denis H.
- Dates:
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1918-1923
bulk 1918
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2.04 Cubic feet ((9 folders) (2 20x24x3 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0289
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of three scrapbooks and five logbooks belonging to Denis H. Carey. The scrapbooks contain photographs of Royal Navy Air Stations, ships, flying boats, floatplanes and land planes used by the British around 1918. They include approximately 28 different airplanes, 9 different ships and aerial views of various air stations. Th...
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Smithsonian Institution, International Exchange Service
- Dates:
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1868-1988
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14.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 509
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, budgets, ledgers, day books, and other administrative materials concerning the operations of the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (SIES). Also included is a card index of employees who served between the 1880s and the 1940s. Please note: SIES maintained two or more sets o...
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U.S. Army Special Services Agency
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1945-1971.
- Size:
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1990
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-230
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of video and audio elements for the production, "Moving America's Mail." This video documents the United States Postal Service and their development of methods to deliver mail. Funded by a grant from the Ford Motor Company, the video was produced in cooperation with the National Postal Museum. Materials include original ...