Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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1926-1988
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17.4 Cubic feet (86 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. T...
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Brown and Williamson.
Johnson, Virgil
American Tobacco Company.
Benson and Hedges.
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circa 1890-1997
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25 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0645
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
As a teenager, Virgil Johnson [b.1918] became interested in the designs and symbols on cigarette packs like "Black Cat" and "White Roll", and he began actively collecting in the 1930s. His interest intensified during the 1940s when he was stationed in North Africa and across the Mediterranean region as a photographer with the U.S. Navy. Mr. Johnson collected cigarette packs for over fifty years, and was a member of the Cigarette Pack Collector's Association. Approximately 6000 cigarette packages, foreign and American, arranged in 24 albums. Manufacturers include names such as those shown below.
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Levitt, Alan
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Levitt, Elaine
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1920 - 1960s.
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5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0303
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising materials relating to pharmaceutical and other supplies as part of the stock of retail pharmacies from 1920 to the early 1960s, mostly advertisements for cigars, cigarettes, Coca-Cola, Kodak, veterinary supplies, and patent medicines.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Zippo Manufacturing Company
Jones, William (Vice President, Zippo Lighter)
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1937 - 1998
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0094
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising brochures, posters, and articles on the company.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1811-1937
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3.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Temperance
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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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Baden, Gary
Baden, Sandra
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circa 1897-1979
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0611
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements, ca. 1897-1979. The endorsements were culled by a collector/hobbyist from high-end magazines publications such as Fortune, McCalls, Playbill and Vogue. They feature a wide range of celebrities from the fields of performing arts, sports, business, politics and "society." T...
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Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.
Rangeloff, Evan
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circa 1910-1991
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3.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0716
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes thirty-eight punchboards, all unpunched and in very good to excellent condition, and featuring a range of products and imagery. The collection also includes two punchboard manufacturers' catalogs from the 1940s, which detail the money-making opportunities for jobbers and retailers. The collection also contains corresponde...
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Templin, Roger P.
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1868-1897
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0779
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Cigar/cigarette cards and cabinet photographs portraying actors (male and female) from the late 19th century. The photographs are predominantly American actors but some English and French performers are also included. Some of the more prominent persons represented are Lulu Glaser, Francis Wilson, and Georgia Cayvan, plus others listed below.
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Weber, Carl
Weber, Martin J., 1905-2007
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1931-1980
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1209
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection features business documents, legal papers, and examples of prints from Martin J. Weber, who pioneered the "Weber Process."
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Tupper, Earl Silas, 1907-
Tupper Corporation
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2003
1908-1989
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14 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0470
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting inventor Earl S. Tupper, his inventions, Tupperware and the Tupper Company.