Gold Bond-Good Humor Collection
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Good Humor Corporation.
- Dates:
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1927 - 1991
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0451
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographs related to the Good Humor Company and its products, game shows using Good Humor products, and celebrities (such as Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower) eating Good Humor products. There are also articles about Good Humor, product catalogs, training manuals, cartoons, brochures, decals, and samples of product packaging...
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1745-1973
bulk 1840-1930
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11.39 Cubic feet (consisting of 25 boxes, 2 folders, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Schools
- Repository:
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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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General Electric Company
Gotti, Mary Beth
Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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circa 1890s-1969
- Size:
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5 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0789
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the technology of lighting and various business aspects of the General Electric Lighting Division throughout the 20th century and consists of correspondence, bulletins, price lists, business record books, stock certificates, sales and advertising materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and lantern slides.
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Mills, George H., 1895-1975
- Dates:
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circa 1920s-1950s
bulk 1930-1949
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13.39 Cubic Feet (24 legal document boxes; 7 flatboxes)
14.95 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0022
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The George Henry Mills Collection was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 1994 by Mills' daughter, Mrs. Georgia Mills Head.
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Mamer, Stuart M.
Mamer, Louisan E., 1910-2005
- Dates:
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1927-2002
- Size:
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10.1 Cubic feet (31 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0862
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Mamer collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order. The collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999.
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- Dates:
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1861-1994
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76 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1136
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents various aspects of railroad companies through pamphlets; trade catalogs; operating and service manuals, especially for railroad equipment; specifications; magazines and reprints; bulletins, and articles.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman, George M., 1831-1897
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1867-1982
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.
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S. Sidney Pike Skywriting Corporation of America
Pike, S. Sidney
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1923-1964
bulk 1930-1940
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5.5 Linear feet (4 flat boxes, 1 document box, 1 slim document box)
9 film reels (5 16mm films - runtime 41:59 4 35mm films - runtime 27:04)
4 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2012.0001
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Skywriting, defined as the process of writing a name or message with smoke from an aircraft against a blue sky, began in England after World War I, the brainchild of Major John C. Savage, Royal Air Force (RAF). His first successful demonstration was at the Derby at Epsom Downs, in May 1922, when Captain Cyril Turner wrote "Daily Mail" above the track. In October of that year, Turner travelled to the United States and wrote "Hello U.S.A." above New York City. Allan J. Cameron, along with Leroy Van Patten established the Skywriting Corporation of America at Curtiss Field, an American branch of Savage's original company. They acquired the patents for mixing the writing gas in the United States and as a result controlled the market for years. In 1923, using the Skywriting Corporation, the American Tobacco Company launched the first skywriting advertising campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes. Pepsi-Cola Corporation became one of the longest-running contractors of skywriting; in the late 1930s and mid 1940s, it contracted or owned a total of 14 aircraft. In 1940 alone, Pepsi contracted for 2,225 writings over 48 states, Mexico, Canada, South America and Cuba.
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Duncan, Donald F., Jr.
Duncan Yo-Yo Company.
- Dates:
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1928-2002
- Size:
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0807
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Duncan Family Yo-Yo Collection consists of papers, photographs, advertising materials, scrapbooks, clippings and audio-visual materials. These materials trace the rise and fall of the companies owned by the Duncan family as well as the world of yo-yo's. The materials date from 1929 to 2002, with the bulk of the material focused on the Donald F....
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Fuller Brush Company
- Dates:
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1890-2017
- Size:
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32.5 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1459
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Fuller Brush Company founded by Alfred C. Fuller in 1906.