George Eaton Simpson photographs of the Caribbean and Nigeria
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Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998
- Dates:
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1936-1964
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521 Prints (silver gelatin)
90 Negatives (acetate)
70 lantern slides
347 Negatives (nitrate)
185 color slides
4 Prints (Kodachrome color)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.93-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection documents George Eaton Simpson's fieldwork in Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Nigeria and consists of 704 unique images. The 1936 images of Haiti were primarily made at Milot, Fort Liberté, and Cap Haitien. The 1937 images were predominantly taken in Plaisance, Haiti; these include images of people, buildings, houses, street views, co...
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Becker, Leonard, ?-1985
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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1976
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2 Cubic feet (1 box , 5 audiocassete tapes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0248
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Leonard Becker was a major participant in the development and marketing of Vinyl plastic.
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Lindahl, Lisa
- Dates:
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2001 - 2003
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1352
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the creation and marketing of the Compressure Comfort Bra, a bra designed to alleviate pain for women who have had breast cancer. The bra was developed in 2000 by Lisa Lindahl with physical therapist, Lesli Bell.
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Keystone View Company
Underwood & Underwood
- Dates:
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1882-1930
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240 Stereographs (black and white, 9 x 22 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-022
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs document African businesses, cities, industry, landscapes, peoples and resources. The collection documents various locations within Kenya, Tanzania, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa. Peoples represented include Kikuyu, Maasai, Bangi, Chagga, Ndombe, Poto, Bangala, Zulu, and Kongo peoples. There are many images of agriculture, hunting, making pottery, mining diamonds and gold, church services at a Catholic mission, a gathering of chiefs at a court, a lion-killing ceremony, and war dances. Businesses and industries shown include coffee plantations; the DeBeers Diamond Mine; a diamond mine compound and crushing mill; fishing boats; a hemp plantation; ivory trade; a market; and the stock market.
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Fuller Brush Company
- Dates:
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1890-2017
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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.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Product Development and Licensing
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1989-2001, 2003
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-101
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of engagement calendars published and marketed by the Office of Product Development and Licensing. The full-color calendars are illustrated using images from collections throughout the Smithsonian Institution.
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Fulton, Robert E.
- Dates:
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1947
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, Document, 48 pages, mixed text and photographs, heavy acetate covers with metal wire spiral binding., 7.6 x 9.4 inches)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0049
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
"The Fulton Airphibian." Heavily illustrated sales brochure produced by Continental, Inc. to market the Continental Inc Airphibian family of aircraft; 48 pages, 1947.
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LaVoy, Merl
- Dates:
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circa 1910-1920
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254 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R92-40
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of photographs made by Merl Lavoy in modern Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, and Turkey diring the first World War. They document soldiers (mostly British, French, and Serbian) and war machinery, as well as images of cities and villages, and local people (Transylvanians, Macedonians, Serbs, and Turks). The collection also includes a series...
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Continental, Inc
- Dates:
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1941-1955
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4.5 Cubic Feet ((10 legal document boxes) (6 shoeboxes))
4.2 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0059
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the files of Continental, Inc. from early planning documents predating Continental's creation through the company's collapse in 1954. It consists of technical reports and engineering drawings from the development of the Airphibian; correspondence between Continental, the CAA, and Continental's suppliers concerning marketing...
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Zies, E. G. (Emanuel George), 1883-1981
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1928
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27 Prints (silver gelatin)
36 lantern slides (36 colored lantern slides)
28 copy lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.88-2
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting life in Bali and Java. These include images of people, street scenes, agriculture, scenic views, and ancient sites. Many of the lantern slides are copies of prints in the collection and some were hand-colored by Dorothy Rankin.