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Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Rice, Moses P.
Custom Craft
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1955-1957
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7 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S07
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 7 consists of black-and-white color separation negatives and a booklet about how to process black-and-white color separation negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Anacostia Community Museum
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2007 - 2008
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2.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-052
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Anacostia Community Museum, formerly known as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, organized by the museum and held there September 15, 2007 through November 9, 2008. The exhibit explored the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the present.
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.3: Black and white negatives in freezer storage arranged by client
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Custom Craft
Rice, Moses P.
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
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1932-1959
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320 Boxes
The subseries includes black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.03
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of materials are portrait sittings of individuals but there are also formal portraits of couples, families, groups, and organizations.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Social History
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1986-2002
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
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- Accession 04-069
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of William L. Bird, Jr., Curator, documenting the exhibitions Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s and American Television from the Fair to the Family, 1939-1989. Materials include correspondence and memoranda with individuals, professional organizations, universities, businesses, and m...
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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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circa 1979-1990, and undated
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23.69 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of Information Age: People, Information, and Technology, a major exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), which traces the evolution of information-processing and communications technologies from the 1830s to the present. The ...
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McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
American Rose Society
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1899-1974
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30 Cubic feet (2718 photographs: black and white; 448 glass lantern slides; 41 glass negatives; color records; plant patents; publications. )
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MCF
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Archives of American Gardens
The J. Horace McFarland Collection includes over 3,100 photographic images of private and public gardens throughout the United States, as well as some from foreign countries, dating from 1899 to 1963. Many of these images, generated for Mount Pleasant Press (later the J. Horace McFarland Company), were used to illustrate trade catalogs published by the firm as well as journal and newspaper articles. The collection also contains color records that were used as reference aids during the printing process, plant patents, and various publications of the McFarland Company.
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National Museum of the American Indian. George Gustav Heye Center. Office of Public Affairs
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1960, 1965, 1971-1979, 1984-2014
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8.08 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-141
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that publicize exhibitions, acquisitions, events, lectures, and other related public programs of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC). Topics covered include the museum design, construction, American Indian tribe news, media coverage, events, exhibitions, and ...
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1900 - 1989
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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Burch-Brown, Carol
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1997-2003
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0857
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents a working class "gay" bar, the Shamrock Bar, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1997-2000, through photographs and oral history interviews.
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Smithsonian Institution
Computerworld Magazine.
Computers, Information and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1989-2000
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145 Cubic feet (351 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0425
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents an awards program established in 1989 as a partnership between Computerworld Magazine and the Smithsonian Institution. The Computer World Smithsonian Awards (CWSA) brought together the Chairmen of Chief Executive Officers of the world's foremost information technology companies with the world's leading universities, libraries and research institutions to document a revolution in progress—the global information technology revolution. The program identified men, women, organizations and institutions leading the technology revolution and asked them to contribute case studies. Collection consists of case studies which include questionnaires, essays, oral histories, conference proceedings, publications, video tapes, photographs, slides, software, and product samples about each project.