Fox Movie Flash Street Photography Records
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Fox Movie Flash
Selle, Joseph, 1906-1988
Rose, Bob
- Dates:
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circa 1930-1975
bulk 1945-1975
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4 Cubic feet ((6 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0853
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the professional activities of Joseph Selle (1906-1988), a photographer and proprietor of Fox Movie Flash, a street photography business in San Francisco, California. There are a few documents relating to Selle's personal life, but the bulk of the papers relate to his street photography business. Most of the documents date from between 1945 and 1975 and include insurance papers, correspondence, legal documents, receipts, tax records, cashbooks, employment applications, newspaper clippings, licenses and permits, payroll materials, and bank statements, as well as samples of photographs from the business.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities
- Dates:
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1977-1994
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21.5 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-007
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the official functions and activities of the Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities from 1982 to 1994, although the bulk of the records date from 1990 to 1993. They consist mostly of memoranda, correspondence, and reports generated both within and outside of the Smithsonian Institution which reflect the operations ...
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Stewart, Robert G. , 1931-2005
- Dates:
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1952-2004
bulk 1970-1990
- Size:
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3 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NPG.CAP.00002
- Repository:
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National Portrait Gallery
Research material gathered by Robert G. Stewart on Robert Edge Pine, Auguste Hervieu, Henry Benbridge, James Earl, and other artists, including correspondence, printed matter, notes, and photographs.
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Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
- Dates:
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1892 - 1998
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16 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0846
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document Messmore and Damon's work in the design and construction of parade floats, museum dioramas, exhibitions, displays and scenery. The materials include business records, photographs, patents, scrapbooks, promotional materials, sound recordings and moving image.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1827-1985
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26 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S13
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 13, Agriculture, Business, and Law contains approximately 3,300 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards business, commerce, farming and food, finances, labor, law, and social order in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Aikins, Russell Chorley, 1896-
U.S. Steel Corporation
- Dates:
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circa 1940s
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1037
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection comprises of 21 albums depicting the steel making and finishing operations of the United States Steel Corporation. All of the images were made by Russell Aikins around 1940. The albums contain photographic prints (8" x 9-1/2"). The majority of prints are mounted on spiral-bound pages. The photographs were created for public relations...
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Miller, Richard McDermott, 1922-
- Dates:
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1962-2001
- Size:
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3.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.millrimc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor Richard McDermott Miller measure 3.4 linear feet and date from 1962 to 2001. The papers document his work as an artist and teacher in New York City through biographical material, financial and business records, writings, subject files, and correspondence. His personal records about the National Academy of Design, of which he was an active member and president, are included.
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Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902
- Dates:
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1828-1966
- Size:
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0.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.spenlill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of portrait and genre painter Lilly Martin Spencer, measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1828-1966. The collection includes biographical material, scattered lists, notes, receipts, and legal documents relating to Spencer's life and work, Spencer's business and family correspondence, printed material, a lithograph, photographs of Spencer and others, and photographs of Spencer's artwork.
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- Dates:
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1996
- Size:
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160 audiotapes (originals). 15 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9594
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central
- Dates:
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circa 1978-1990
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9 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-108
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the planning and creation of exhibits produced by the Office of Exhibits Central (OEC) for various Smithsonian Institution bureaus and divisions. About half the material deals with Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibits, the remainder with exhibits prepared for the Smithsonian National ...