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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1870-1880
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8 Items (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0496
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This artificial collection is the repository for miscellaneous photoprints transferred from other Smithsonian units: see series records.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1844-1966
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3.68 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tours
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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North Carolina Museum of History
Buckingham, C. O.
Washington News Co.
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circa 1906
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1 Folder
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0413
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Three picture postcards of Washington, D.C., one postmarked 1906; all are photomechanical reproductions of photographs: two color photolithographs of: (1) the Library of Congress (printed in Germany, addressed, with Christmas greeting, postmarked 1906); (2) the Lincoln Memorial (publ. Washington News Co., copyright C.O. Buckingham, no message, unma...
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Riner, Ed
Riner, Novie Ocy, 1890-1964
Riner, Mattie Keel, 1896-1980
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1912-1932
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1 Boxe (30 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0629
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of the surviving postcards sent to Mattie Keel by Mr. Riner on a 1932 trip, plus cards sent to Ms. Keel by earlier suitors, 1912-1915.
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Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
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National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
Extractive Industries, Division of.
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
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circa 1880-circa 1970
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10 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0200
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of postcards gathered by Dr. Victor A. Blenkle, a twentieth century physician. The postcards primarily concern geographical locations and landmarks in the United States and Western Europe, but also include materials from six other continents.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1750-1965
undated
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11.35 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 8 folder, 30 oversize folders, 17 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tobacco
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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: Tobacco Trade and Industry 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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Bird, William L.
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1877 - 2010
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6.5 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1288
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of archival materials assembled by National Museum of American History Curator William Lawrence Bird. The materials were used as background research for the publication of his book Holidays on Display (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), and as exhibit objects for the exhibit by the same name that opened shortly after the museum's architectural renovation (November 2009-September 2010). The materials include advertising and trade literature, especially for department stores and with emphasis on the display of toys; catalogs; photographs and slides; postcards; parade programs; design drawings; correspondence; stock certificates, and miscellaneous items relating to department stores and their displays, parades and the amusement industry.
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Rotary Photo
Frange, William
Fairchild Aerial Surveys
Brown Bros.
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circa 1927-1930
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box, 53 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1165
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic postcards collected by Dr. Rudolf Wolff, a pediatrician from Krefeld, Germany during a trip to the United States in the early 1930's and brought back to America when the family immigrated in 1936.
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Maertz, J.F., Department Store (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941
Keystone View Company
Rau, William H.
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1887-1930
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet ((29 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0945
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of lantern slides and stereographs produced by several companies: Keystone View Company, Better America Lecture Service, Incorporated, American Press Association, J. Stanley-Brown, William H. Rau, and J. F. Maertz Department Store. The lantern slides were primarily intended to be used for educational presentations about the United States, other countries, history, and society. Many of the slides and stereographs are accompanied by descriptive text and in some instances by small cards--one card for each slide--and in other instances directly on the back of a stereoview. The majority of images were taken from 1900 to 1930.
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Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
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1875 - 1965
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65 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0395
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated, documenting overall operations of the company, the creation of advertising materials, and development of the coffee trade.