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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Dodge Manufacturing Co.
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circa 1910-1924
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38 Cubic feet (222 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1092
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of photographs, some prints but mostly negatives, documenting the facilities, products and staff of the Dodge Manufacturing Company between 1905 and 1924. There are exterior and interior views of the factory.
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Todd, W. David (William David)
Stephens, Carlene E., 1949-
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1997-12-07
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0682
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
2.5 hours of videotape documenting a succession of clock escapements invented by Richard F. Bond in the 19th century. Bond's invention was called isodynamic escapement.
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Studebaker, Robert
Warner, Deborah Jean
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1998.
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0670
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Robert Studebaker, inventor of the LaserPlane, the first modern alternative to the liquid level. The first model was introduced in 1965.
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John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook
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Little, M. Ruth
Little, John Frances
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1907-1914
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0708
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
82 photographs glued to pages in a scrapbook documenting the building of the Panama Canal. Subjects of the photographs include the workers, the worksite, equipment (steamshovels, trains, tools), the camp, building interiors and exteriors, and the local terrain. Locations include: Cucaracha; Culebra Cut; Cunette; Village of Tabernilla, C.Z.; Hodge...
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Weinraub, Leon
- Dates:
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1933
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0746
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One scrapbook, assembled by Leon Weinraub, documenting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The scrapbook contains postcards, photographs, menus, and other ephemera from the Fair.
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Carmichael, Hoagy
Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986
Mills Brothers.
Calloway, Cab, 1907-
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1930s-1940s.
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0775
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
16mm motion picture films, produced in the 1930s and 1940s by various film production companies, documenting performances by jazz and popular music performers, including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, the Mills Brothers, and Rosemary Clooney, and others listed below.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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ca. 1890-1920.
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0686
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 200 lantern slides, of various scenes in America and Canada, many of them published by railroad lines, presumably to arouse tourist interest in travel by rail. New York State and California are especially emphasized. Some images depict the railroads, railroad stations and railroad equipment. One group of images is from the Nabisco factory.
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Seele, Charline
Seele, Jean W. (Jean Warren), 1924-1993
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1970s-1980s
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0.6 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0759
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approx. 1,065 color photographs (chromogenic prints) of rural scenes, mostly in Kansas. Also 2 boxes of color slides.
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Mitchell, Ada, 1882-1958
Griffith, Gordon
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1938 July 30-1938 September 9
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1369
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the forty day driving trip made by Ada Mitchell and her son Cecil from Vancouver, Canada to Key West, Florida and back, August-September 1938. This diary was kept by Ada Mitchell and tracks their experiences in all of the places they visited.
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Lamp, Robert A.
Lamp, J. Curtis
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1942 - 1988
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1412
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the life and career of surgeon J. Curtis Lamp, a plastic surgeon who specialized in reconstructive facial surgery for soldiers with traumatic combat injuries. The collection includes case studies, statistics, photographs of patients (some are close-ups of their injuries), journal articles by Dr. Lamp and by others, letters betwe...