W.A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album
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Hunt, Mary Alice Minear
Hunt, George Laird
Fishbaugh, William Arthur
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1905-1908.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1021
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photograph album of commercially-produced photographs of Panama Canal construction.
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GSS Printing Equipment Company.
Graphic Arts Collection (NMAH, SI)
Information Technology and Communications, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
Harris Automatic Press Company, Dayton, Ohio
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2003 - 2003
1889 - 1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0928
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the Harris Automatic Press Company, manufacturers of a printing press with an automatic feed primarily through drawings and photographs.
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1961-2008
bulk 1960-1990
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12 Cubic feet (30 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1437
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the lives and careers of the Smothers Brothers, with emphasis on their television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
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Enterline, Stevenson
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Eney, William J.
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1905-1986
bulk 1905-1916
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1026
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the construction of the first and second Quebec Bridges over the St. Lawrence River. Construction on the first bridge began in 1900 and the bridge collapsed before completion in 1907. Construction on the second Quebec Bridge, which is the longest cantilever bridge in the world, was completed in 1917.
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Beaudoin, Rayne
Karr, Leonard, 1913-1995
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1930-1995
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes, 5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0762
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mostly photographs illustrating Leonard Karr's hunting and fishing activities in the Pacific Northwest; plus letters from Karr, photographs of his inventions, articles and other printed information, drawings and patterns for a kayak that Karr designed, clippings, scrapbooks, and albums. Personal materials relate to his personal life and his employment as a sign painter.
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Covette, Ricki
Jewell, Irene
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1950 - 1980
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1.25 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1335
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Six scrapbooks documenting the Burlesque career of Irene Jewell (stage name:Ricki Covette), who was billed as "The World's Tallest Exotic Dancer" at 6'8". The albums contain clippings; letters; certiicates; photographs, includng photographs of her act; ephemera, such as postcards, travel brochures, postcards and decals, from her travels; advertisem...
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Vip (Virgil Franklin Partch), 1916-
Partch, Virgil Franklin, 1916-
National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
Goodman, Benjie
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1872-1984
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0485
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents and pictorial items related to music, and a set of documents associated with Gibson banjoes.
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Stewart, Rex (William), Jr., 1907-1967 (cornetist)
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circa 1875-1890s, 1924-1988
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2.4 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0424
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Rex Stewart Papers consist of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, genealogical records, newsclippings, periodicals, and ephemera materials that document the life and career of Rex Stewart, as well as the history of jazz from the perspective of one who witnessed first-hand the genre's "golden era". The collection is organ...
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Kingston Trio
Kingston Trio Legacy Project
Reynolds, Leslie
Reynolds, Nick, 1933-2008
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1950-2014
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2.1 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1472
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Nick Reynolds, a member of the vocal music group, the Kingston Trio.
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circa early 20th century
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272 postcards (2 volumes, black and white, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-010
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection is comprised of two photographic albums containing 272 black and white postcards that depict scenes in Ghana, Eritrea, and Ethopia. Many of the images depict Hausa people, town scenes, including churches, schools, and courts. Specific locations include Elmina Castle, Asmara, Cape Coast, Accra, Kumasi, Abaadsi Castle, Christiansborg ...