Ann and Thomas Damigella Collection
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Damigella, Ann.
Damigella, Thomas
- Dates:
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1951-1997
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17 Videocassettes (VHS)
38 Motion picture films
1.25 Cubic feet (4 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0583
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Film, sound recordings and documentary material relating to the history of Tupperware home parties and the Damigella Tupperware distributorship in Everett, Massachusetts.
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Magellan GPS
- Dates:
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1978-2005
bulk 1986-1998
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12 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1214
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Magellan Systems Corporation Records document various aspects of the development of several different Magellan GPS devices through engineering, research, design, manufacturing, and marketing records. Magellan Systems Corporation introduced the first hand-held differential GPS product and the conpany's focus was on research, product engineering, and design activities for GPS receivers. The collection includes correspondence and internal company reports and memoranda; design drawings; research notes; engineering notebooks, technical notes, schematics; photographs, slides and negatives; video and audiocassettes; advertisements; product literature, magazine articles and newspaper clippings; press releases; and user guides and manuals.
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Parke, Davis Company
- Dates:
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1866-1992
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365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
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Carvel, Tom (Thomas Andreas Carvelas), 1906-
Carvel Corporation.
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1934-1989
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9 Cubic feet (24 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
12 Cassette tapes
63 Video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0488
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records provide rich research material on many stories, including: American invention, enterprise, and entrepreneurship; the origins and growth of franchising; popular food and culture; the development of roadside architecture; radio and television advertising; product marketing and promotion; regional studies; and gender issues such as beauty...
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Duncan, Donald F., Jr.
Duncan Yo-Yo Company.
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1928-2002
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0807
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Duncan Family Yo-Yo Collection consists of papers, photographs, advertising materials, scrapbooks, clippings and audio-visual materials. These materials trace the rise and fall of the companies owned by the Duncan family as well as the world of yo-yo's. The materials date from 1929 to 2002, with the bulk of the material focused on the Donald F....
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Ellis, Estelle
- Dates:
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1942 - 2004
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29 Cubic feet (42 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0423
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Estelle Ellis is a pioneer in publishing, advertising, and marketing. She was among the first to focus on the American female demographic, especially teens and working-class women. Condé Nast Publications, Incorporated, Carter Hawley Hale-owned department stores, Phillips-Van Heusen, Dow Chemical, and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation were among her clients. The Papers include business correspondence and proposals, marketing materials, advertisements, and oral history interviews with Ellis.
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Williams, Ralph William
Breck Company.
Dial Corporation.
American Cyanamid Company
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circa 1936-1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 188 pieces of original artwork)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0651
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development and evolution of the Breck Girl, a highly successful and long-lived advertising campaign whose hallmark was its vision of idealized American womanhood through correspondence, photographs, paintings, and print advertisements.
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Nordic Ware Division, Northland Aluminum
Dalquist, H. David
Dalquist, Dorothy
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1940-2006
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28 Cubic feet (53 boxes and 25 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0980
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of a family-owned manufacturing firm, best known for kitchenware products including the Bundt Pan and Micro-Go-Round. The collection richly documents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Minnesota firm and its history of product innovation through technical files, marketing materials, and administrative and financial records.
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Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
- Dates:
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1889-2003
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50 Cubic feet (120 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 50 cubic feet of material documenting Aladdin Industries Inc., manufacturers of vacuum ware and lunch boxes. The majority of the material dates from 1947 to the 1970s. The strength of the collection is with the lunch box documentation and product development, marketing, and sales records. There is some int...
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Free, Jerry D.
International Battle of the Bands, Inc.
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1981-1998.
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32 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0677
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business records, scrapbooks, audio disks, videotape, audio tape, and photographs documenting the business and entertainment activities at the International Battle of the Bands.
