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Designer:

Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805  Search this

Medium:

Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Type:

architecture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

Italy

Date:

1750–75

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors

Accession Number:

1901-39-683

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Architect:

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809  Search this

Medium:

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

Type:

architecture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

Italy

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1938-88-2589

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edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-2589

Draftsman:

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833  Search this

Medium:

Black ink on cream paper

Type:

albums (bound) & books

Album

Object Name:

Album

Made in:

France

Date:

1806-12

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-552

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Medium:

bronze (gilt)

Type:

metalwork

Decorative Arts

Mount

Made in:

France

Date:

early 19th century

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander

Accession Number:

1907-1-103

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Artist:

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943  Search this

Medium:

Brush and watercolor, graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric

Type:

architecture

Album page

Object Name:

Album page

Made in:

Cremona, Lombardi, Italy

Place depicted:

Cremona, Lombardi, Italy

Date:

October 4, 1887

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. William Greenough

Accession Number:

1943-51-15

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Publisher:

Ostheimer Brothers  Search this

Medium:

Color lithographs Support: white wove paper, mounted on thick wove paper

Type:

architecture

Album

Object Name:

Album

Place:

Philadelphia, USA

Made in:

USA

Date:

1876

Credit Line:

Gift of Lee S. Luquer

Accession Number:

1958-147-5

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Artist:

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943  Search this

Medium:

Brush and watercolor, graphite on thick, cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric

Type:

architecture

Album page

Object Name:

Album page

Made in:

Verona, Italy

Place depicted:

Verona, Italy

Date:

October 7, 1887

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. William Greenough

Accession Number:

1943-51-2

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Artist:

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943  Search this

Medium:

Brush and watercolor, graphite on thick white wove paper, adhered to a sheet of thin, white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric

Type:

architecture

Album page

Object Name:

Album page

Made in:

Venice, Italy

Date:

October 23, 1887

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. William Greenough

Accession Number:

1943-51-3

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Artist:

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943  Search this

Medium:

Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric

Type:

architecture

Album page

Object Name:

Album page

Place depicted:

Venice, Italy

Made in:

Venice, Italy

Date:

October 21, 1887

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. William Greenough

Accession Number:

1943-51-37

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Designer:

Jean Bérain the Elder, French, 1640–1711  Search this

Medium:

Etching on off white laid paper.

Type:

ornament

Book

Object Name:

Book

Made in:

France

Date:

ca. 1709

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-201

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Variant company name:

"Modern American Home"  Search this

Company Name:

California Redwood Assn.  Search this

Includes:

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10157

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_10157

Variant company name:

"Modern American home"  Search this

Company Name:

Kawneer Co.  Search this

Includes:

Trade catalog and photographs

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Niles, Michigan, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10451

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_10451

Variant company name:

Jane's office, Modern American home  Search this

Company Name:

Libbey, Owens, Ford Glass Co.  Search this

Notes content:

windows, furnishings, in dining rooms, kitches, bathrooms, bedrooms, breakfast rooms, solar housing, thermopane, plate glass, window conditioning, mirrors

Includes:

Trade catalog and photographs

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10471

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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Artist:

Hans Kaspar Lang the Elder, Swiss, 1571 – 1645  Search this

Medium:

Pen and brown ink, brown wash

Type:

glasswares

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1606

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1911-28-129

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Variant company name:

Jane's office, "Modern American home"  Search this

Company Name:

Johns-Manville Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd.  Search this

Notes content:

touting the benefits of asbestos products, flexboard, insulating board, tiles, permanent walls, siding, shingles, and some home designs

Includes:

Trade catalog and photographs

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

5 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10450

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_10450

Variant company name:

Jane's office, Women in advertising  Search this

Company Name:

Erie Foundry Co.  Search this

Notes content:

hydraulic presses, for elevators, forging presses, drop hammers, trimming presses

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)  Search this

Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this

Topic:

Architectural metal-work  Search this

Art metal-work  Search this

Barrels  Search this

Bottling  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10224

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_10224

Variant company name:

Jane's office, women in advertising  Search this

Company Name:

High Speed Hammer Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Hammer with the human stroke ; high speed riveting hammer

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

3 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Rochester, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Topic:

Architectural metal-work  Search this

Art metal-work  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Metal-working machinery  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10235

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_10235

Variant company name:

Modern American Home  Search this

Company Name:

Gordon-Van Tine Co.  Search this

Notes content:

for homebuilders, high quality millwork, lumber, roofing, paint and hardware

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Furniture and furnishings  Search this

Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Adhesives  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Furniture industry and trade  Search this

House furnishings  Search this

Interior decoration  Search this

Paint industry and trade  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_10231

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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Demonstrator:

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese  Search this

Vail, Alfred  Search this

Maker:

Vail, Alfred  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese  Search this

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

brass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 3 in x 2 in x 6 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm x 17.145 cm

Object Name:

telegraph transmitter

telegraph key

Place Made:

United States: New Jersey, Morristown

Used:

United States: Maryland, Baltimore

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Date made:

1844

Used date:

1844

Related Publication:

Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History

National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition

Related Web Publication:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures

Credit Line:

from Western Union Telegraph Co.

ID Number:

EM.181411

Catalog number:

181411

Accession number:

31652

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Exhibition:

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-46b1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1096762

Type:

metalwork

Decorative Arts

Molding

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander

Accession Number:

1907-1-14-a,b

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