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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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undated
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0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Silhouettes
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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: Silhouettes forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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MS 7423 Window flowers: symbolical silhouettes for the Chinese New Year
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Koehn, Alfred
- Dates:
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1948
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1 Volume (45 pages 295 cutouts)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7423
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The book is made up of cutouts, mostly from red paper, that have been mounted on the pages of the volume. The cutouts represent people, animals, birds, flowers, and designs.
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Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1910
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[ca. 1860]-1924
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1 Volume ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodgeor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
One volume of 85 silhouette portraits of Philadelphians by Wood, ca. 1860; and a letter from Henry B. Wood, Wood's son, listing the sitters in the silhouettes.
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Williams, Moses, 1776-1833
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
- Dates:
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February 1806
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13 Items
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7129
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
In December 1805, Thomas Jefferson hosted a delegation to Washington DC of representatives of Indian tribes from Louisiana Territory. Early in the new year (1806), several members of the delegation traveled to Philadelphia. There they visited Charles Willson Peale's Museum and some had their silhouettes taken by Peale's physiognotrace. Included a...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Publications
- Dates:
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1965-1999
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-011
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition catalogs (both traveling and in-house), brochures, pamphlets, illustrated checklists, and other publications created around a specific themes or genres drawn from the collections in the National Portrait Gallery.
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United States. Army. Air Service
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1942-1943
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0.87 Cubic feet ((1 20x24x3 flatbox))
2.04 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0158
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of drawings, posters and unassembled silhouette recognition models produced by the Aircraft Identification Section of the United States Army Air Service of aircraft in active service during World War II. The posters and drawings include silhouette three-view drawings, photographs from several angles, and/or cut away drawing...
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Brown, Julie
- Dates:
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1943-1945
- Size:
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0.7 Cubic feet (2 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0064
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two scrapbooks. The smaller scrapbook contains certificates, newsletters, photographs, silhouettes, small paintings, correspondence, and articles regarding both Brown and the Martin-Nebraska plant. The larger scrapbook contains oversized photographs and drawings of the B-29. The drawings were drawn by Brown.
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Shaw, Thomas Mott, 1878-1965
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1895-1967
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0.6 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shawthom
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical information; writings by Shaw; sketches; etchings; silhouette portraits; photographs; and printed material.
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Knowles, Joseph, 1869-1942
- Dates:
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undated
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1 Print (etching, platemark 23 x 15 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.knowjose
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Shows the silhouette of a man on a sailboat, holding a coil of rope.
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Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919
- Dates:
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1888
- Size:
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2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.henredls
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Two silhouettes by Henry.
