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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
- Dates:
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1954-1979
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25.58 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 503
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were primarily created by the Office of Exhibits, 1954-1969; the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973; and the Office of Exhibits Central, 1973-1979. They document a period of intense exhibition activity at the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus. Especially well represented are permanent and special exhibitions at the...
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National Museum of African Art. Curatorial
- Dates:
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1981-2011
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-375
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents closed, denied, and unfinished exhibitions at the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). These records contain correspondence, research, notes, checklists, label texts, brochures, floor plans and designs, clippings, loan information, photographs, slides, transparencies, and negatives. Some materials are in electronic ...
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Historic gardens Stereograph collection
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circa 1870-1910
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1.75 Cubic feet
807 Stereographs (black and white, color ;, 3 1/2 x 7 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.STR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Historic Gardens Stereograph Collection includes 807 stereographs that depict various public gardens, parks, and tourist attractions throughout the United States, with an emphasis on features related to horticulture and landscape design, including plants, garden furniture, and topiaries. Most, but not all views, show exterior features. A number of stereographs indicate the photography studio on the recto or verso, as well as a series or image number. Many include a brief caption; some include a lengthy description on the verso. Few are dated.
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Jenkins, Dale
- Dates:
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1890-1939
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145 Postcards
11 Photographic prints
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.069
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.
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Beer, Paul
DiGiovanni, Felix V.
Bellis, Tom
- Dates:
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Circa 1938
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102 Photographic prints (Black and white, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.1995-41
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Paul Beer and Felix DiGiovanni depicting indigenous people, primarily the Guahibo, as well as the natural and cultural features of the Vaupés region of Eastern Colombia.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
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1858-1905
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16 Albums (albumen and platinum)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.60
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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph albums prepared by the Bureau of American Ethnology or the photographic lab, possibly for reference purposes by staff. The use of such albums has been mentioned by BAE photographer De Lancey W. Gill. The albums contain photographs made from the Bureau of American Ethnology's collection of negatives, documenting Apache, Arapaho, Assiniboi...
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Moon, Carl, 1878-1948
Fred Harvey (Firm)
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1907-1914
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434 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.090
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs that were commissioned by Fred Harvey Co. and shot by Carl Moon circa 1907-1914. The photographs depict American Indian communities in the southwest including A:shiwi (Zuni), Acoma Pueblo, Diné (Navajo), Hopi, Laguna Pueblo, and Taos Pueblo among many others.
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Nadel, Leonard, 1916-1990
- Dates:
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1950-2006
bulk 1956-1960
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1313
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographer Leonard Nadel's supplemental material relating to and photographs of the Mexican braceros (manual laborers). They were photographed in California, Texas, and Mexico for the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic during the late 1950s and early 1960s in support of a report entitled Strangers in Our Fields by Dr. Ernesto Galarza.
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1720-1929, 1944, 1995
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21.95 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (6 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-103
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accessions consists of the personal correspondence of Charles D. Walcott, his family, and his extended family, as well as genealogical materials, family Bibles, photographs, medals, and other materials related to the Walcott family. The correspondence documents the personal relationships between the immediate Walcott family, as well ...
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Del Mar, Bruce E., 1913-
Del Mar Avionics Corporation
- Dates:
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1951-2011
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1249
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development of the Holter Monitor, a portable device for continuously monitoring heart activity for an extended period, through engineering logbooks, drawings, operator manuals, correspondence, photographs, sales brochures and catalogs, biographical information about the engineering staff who worked on the monitor, patents and trademarks, and marketing and sales materials.