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Digitized Content Sandra and Gary Baden Collection of Celebrity Endorsements in Advertising
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Creators:
Baden, Gary
Baden, Sandra
Dates:
circa 1897-1979
Size:
2 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0611
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements, ca. 1897-1979. The endorsements were culled by a collector/hobbyist from high-end magazines publications such as Fortune, McCalls, Playbill and Vogue. They feature a wide range of celebrities from the fields of performing arts, sports, business, politics and "society." T...

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Joseph Schillinger Phonograph Record Collection
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Creators:
Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Dates:
1940-1941, 1985
bulk 1940-1941
Size:
0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0162
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943), composer and musical theorist, worked extensively with the Rhythmicon. The Rhythmicon, constructed in 1931, is the earliest electronic rhythm machine. The collection consists of recordings of the Rhythmicon.

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Ernest Edwin Coffin Collection
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Creators:
Brooks, Warwick
Coffin, Ernest Edwin
Steckel, Geo. (George), 1864-
Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925
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Dates:
1889-1954
Size:
11.5 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1152
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents Eugen Sandow and other bodybuilders through correspondence and photographs.

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Digitized Content Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs
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Creators:
d'Arazien, Arthur
Dates:
circa 1930-2002
Size:
11 Cubic feet (28 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0314
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection includes Arthur d'Arazien's professional work in industrial photography from the late 1940's through about 1981; personal creative photography and other types of professional work were retained by Mr. d'Arazien or placed elsewhere. Thus this collection is a very cohesive, unified body of work, which documents primarily American (and...

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Japanese World War II Aircraft Articles Collection
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Creators:
Beilstein, Chris
Dates:
[ca. 1940s]
Size:
2.63 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box) (2 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.1990.0055
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection is a comprehensive survey of Japanese World War II aircraft and information on the various air battles and battles where aviation played a significant role in either defeat or victory. The material primarily consists of articles and photographs clipped from American and Japanese scholarly and general interest aviation magazines. Als...

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MS 4987 Extracts from various sources concerning the Choctaw
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Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
de Lusser, Joseph Christophe
Milfort, Louis, 1752-1820
Copeland, C.C.
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Dates:
ca. 1932
Size:
22 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4987
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Contents: Extracts from journal of Mr. Lusser, January 12-March 23, 1730. Typescript document. 5 pages; extract from Le Clerque de Milfort, (date), pages 288-310. Typescript document. 12 pages; extract from letter of February 8, 1733 about number of Choctaw warriors. Typescript document. 1 slip. "A Choctaw Tradition," by Reverend C.C. Copeland, tea...

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MS 7499 Drawings by Antelope
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Creators:
Antelope (Blackfoot?)
Dates:
n.d
Size:
16 Drawings (1 volume of 14 leaves+ 1 loose leaf, graphite and colored pencil, 13 x 15 cm.-16 x 18 cm.)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7499
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The drawings include a view of tipis, a war dance; and mixtures of warriors and various animals.

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Drawing of a ruined temple in Yucatan
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Creators:
Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854
Dates:
undated
Size:
1 Sheet (36.5 x 21.5 inches)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS211351
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The drawing shows a pyramid temple known as the "House of the Magician" or "House of the Dwarf," in the ruined city of Uxmal, Yucatan. According to earlier cataloging, Alfred Marston Tozzer (letter of April 25, 1941--not examined) described the drawing as depicting the "eastern facade of the upper two buildings of the House of the Magician. The doo...

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[Saul E. Zalesch mail-order catalog collection]
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Creators:
Zalesch, Saul E.
Dates:
[1950-2005, bulk 1980-2004]
Size:
75 Linear feet (circa 9,000 items, cm.)
Collection ID:
SIL-RA.XXXX-0015
Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries

Collection consists of retail mail order catalogs from numerous commercial organizations, chiefly American but also includes catalogs from European companies. Catalogs cover a wide range of consumer goods, including home furnishings, books, musical instruments, toys, men's and women's apparel, jewelry, A/V materials, firearms, art , hobby crafts and gifts.

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John Mix Stanley Collection
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Creators:
Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872
Dates:
1852-1865, 1883-1886
Size:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7066
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection includes typewritten copies and original correspondence of Joseph Henry, Mary A. Henry, John Mix Stanley, and his family concerning the collection deposited with the Smithsonian; contract and correspondence concerning a loan made by Henry to Stanley; Henry's description of the attempts to save the paintings during the fire; con...

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