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Voortmeyer, William B.
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bulk 1927-1952
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0.36 Cubic feet ((1 letter document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0006
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following items documenting the career of Captain William B. Voortmeyer: newspaper clippings; photocopies of four photographs; a CD copy of Voortmeyer's unpublished manuscript, "The Rise of Air Power Over the Pacific," 1941; Air Navigation, textbook for the Air Training Center by Voortmeyer; manuscript of "The Modern...
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Pilots' Licenses Collection
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1911-1944
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0650
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains examples of pilot's licenses that were issued in the early 20th century. It includes licenses from various nations such as France, Italy, Canada and the United States.
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Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886
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1873
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13 Photographic prints (silver gelatin contact prints)
10 Glass negatives (collodion stereo negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.166
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by William R. Pywell documenting the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873. They comprise images of the expedition's camps, transportation, and members including George Armstrong Custer and Bloody Knife. The collection contains images of human remains.
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Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861
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circa 1852-1855
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1 Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.405
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National Museum of the American Indian
Daguerreotype of Dr. Peter Wilson (Cayuga) given to Philip Evan Thomas.
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Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
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circa 1884-1885
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78 Prints (circa, albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.6A
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Army Medical Museum photographs prepared under the supervision of John Shaw Billings and Washington Matthews, and created by superimposing images of several skulls for comparative purposes. Each image has a caption that includes tribal or racial identification, number of skulls photographed, photograph number, negative number, and data on photogra...
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circa 1631-1973
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78 Maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from topographical information, boundaries of colonial territories, and ethnic groups, among other topics. While several depict the continent of Africa in its entirety, many focus on specific countries and geographic regions. There are a particularly large number of maps depicting the West African Coast.
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Smith, C. Hadley, 1910-2004.
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1948-1965
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0.21 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0047
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Mohawk Airlines was founded in 1945 as Robinson Aviation and was based out of Ithaca Municipal Airport in New York. C. Hadley Smith (1910-2004) began taking photographs at age five and received formal training in photography at the Patuxent River Naval Air Base where he served as a Photographer's Mate First Class during World War II. After the war, he began his career as a commercial photographer in Ithaca, New York. One of his clients was Robinson Aviation, later Mohawk Airlines. This collection consists of approximately 250 images taken by C. Hadley Smith pertaining to Mohawk Airlines, and a few from their predecessor Robinson Aviation.
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Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909
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circa 1864-1865
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4 Cartes-de-viste (card photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.098
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of four cartes-de-visite portraits of Native American men involved in the Dakota War of 1862. Individuals were photographed by Joel Emmons Whitney between approximately 1864 and 1865. Reprints of these cartes-de-visite were later sold by Whitney and Charles Alfred Zimmerman in their St. Paul, Minnesota studio throughout the...
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Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
McGee, W J, 1853-1912
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circa 1903-1904
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6 Prints (duplicates not counted, silver gelatin)
1 Color lithograph
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.121
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and a lithograph probably collected by W J McGee during the first decade of the 20th century. The photographs were probably made by Bailey Willis during his 1903 expedition to China and were collected by W. J. McGee for his US Department of Agriculture bulletin on Soil Erosion (1911). Photos document terraced rice fields in China. The l...
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Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah, 1856-1928
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circa 1914-1916
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50 Negatives (glass)
23 Negatives (nitrate)
120 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.139
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made and collected by Scidmore documenting life in Japan and China. Photos depict people, agriculture, crafting and jewelry, and natural and urban settings. Some additional photographs were made in South America and possibly the Philippines. The collection includes lantern slides published by the William H. Jackson Photo and Publishing ...
