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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sign Paintings

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Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
0.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder. )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Date:
undated
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Sign Paintings forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents:
This material consists of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, informational brochures, product lists, sample lettering, trade journals, advertisements and business cards from manufacturers and distributors of signs and materials needed to make signs. The signs are made of various materials including cloth, glass, brass, wood, zinc, silver and marble. There are also some references to sign painters and hangers. Painters tended to advertise that they also painted houses and or were wall paper hangers. The material is mostly organized by name of company. There are seven folders arranged by type: samples and specimens, direct mail advertisements, bills and invoices, correspondence, and advertising images, specifically sandwich boards and two folders containing business cards.
Materials in the Archives Center:
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. Missing Title Series 1: Business Ephemera Series 2: Other Collection Divisions Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Sign Paintings is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form:
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sign Paintings, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sign
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sign Paintings
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep862f598cc-738f-42c0-aa07-be0e58874674
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-sign