World War One Theater Lantern Slides
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts
- Dates:
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1914-1925
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17 Glass slides
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1294
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of seventeen glass lantern slides depicting World War I advertising and propaganda images. The images include clothing advertisements, home furnishings, local events, treasury and stamp savings, organizations such as the American Red Cross and Merchant Marines, and tips on rationing.
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Boston General Store.
- Dates:
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1807-1830
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0038
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Account book of a Boston storekeeper of food and small general household goods.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1829-1831
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0189
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An account book dated March 1829 through March 1831 of an undetermined person or place.It records the sale of general merchandise such as fabric, molasses, rum, tea, corn, nails, flour, whiskey, coffee, and spices to various customers. It also records goods delivered, perhaps as payment for work. The majority of accounts are recorded in pounds, shillings, and pence.
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- Dates:
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1931-1943
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0.79 Cubic feet (2 letter document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0061
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to Cecil P. Northrop's aviation career with the Pennsylvania Central Airlines and the Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI).
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Van Valen, Alexander
- Dates:
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1849-1850
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0935
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers of Alexander Van Valen documenting his participation in the California Gold Rush, 1849-1850.
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Tucker, Thomas
- Dates:
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1823-1877
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2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tuckthom
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Thomas Tucker's pattern books, 1832-1838, including designs, receipes for colors and porcelain; price books, 1826-1846; 20th century clippings; letters from descendents; and letterbooks of Benjamin Tucker, 1823-1831, relating to the manufacture of porcelain by his son, William Ellis Tucker.
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Hamilton, Russell
- Dates:
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between 1900 and 1909
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49 Postcards (black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2003-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes 49 postcards collected by the English petty officer Russell Hamilton (d.1911) during his voyages made prior to 1909, likely for the British Merchant Marines. The postcards are from Madagascar, Mauitius and Seychelles. Among the twenty-seven postcards from Madagascar (dating 1900-1905) are images showing Betsimisarka women ...
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Templin, Roger P.
- Dates:
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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
Photographs of numerous and popular actors of the 19th century.
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circa 1880s-2002
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13 Cubic feet (51 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0468
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1790-1965
bulk 1840-1945
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4.58 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Lumber
- 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
