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Delacorte, George T. (George Thomas)
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1931-39
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16 Volumes (ill., 20-30 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.delageor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Periodical created by George T. Delacorte Jr., and edited by Norman Anthony, consisting primarily of one-panel cartoons and spoof ads.
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Goodman, Mary Ellen, 1911-1969
Kennard, Edward A. (Edward Allan), 1907-1989
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undated
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317 Items (ca. pages ca. 317 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7543
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National Anthropological Archives
A collection of witty articles by anthropologists and scholars in related subjects.
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Graphic Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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circa 1889-1900
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Picto...
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Mair, LaVeda
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)
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1935-1994
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56 Cubic feet (104 Boxes, 40 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0548
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Client files, administrative files, artwork, and collected food labels from graphic and industrial designer Francis Mair. Mair specialized in beverage labels and packaging during his many years with Landor Associates in San Francisco. Late in his career, he directed Landor's Museum of Packaging History. His prolific freelance career included designs for furniture, decorative arts, letterhead, and corporate images. His personal artwork included alphabets, typefaces, and sketchbooks. Much of his personal artwork is humorous or erotic.
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Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1880-circa 1960
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13 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0468
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) ...
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Smithsonian World
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1990-1991
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23 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0418
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents "Selling the Dream" was an hour long television documentary that aired in early 1991 as part of the public television series, Smithsonian World.
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Humphrey, Joseph
Humphrey, Marion
Humphrey Family
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ca. 1905-1906.
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1196
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of postcards dating from 1903 to 1907, including some that are unsent and undated. Many are addressed to members of the Humphrey family, but the individual who created the album is unknown.
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Douglas, Stephen A., 1912- (World War II soldier)
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1942-1945
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0755
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series. Series 1: Illustrated Envelopes contains envelopes drawn by Stephen Douglas and mounted on mat boards. This type of painted envelope is also called "patriotic." See Lawrence Sherman, United States Patriotic Envelopes of World War II, 2006. Series 2: Unit History, documents the engineers in the South We...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1870-1911
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0.9 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Humor
- 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: Humor 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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Gamboa, Harry
Rangel, Jeffrey J.
Gronk, 1954-
- Dates:
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1999 Apr. 1-16
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5 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (270 min.), analog)
90 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gamboa99
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Harry Gamboa, Jr. conducted 1999 Apr. 1-16, at various cafes in Los Angeles, Calif., by Jeffrey Rangel, for the Archives of American Art. The artist, Gronk, joined the interview for the second session.