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Extent:

1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Advertisements

Date:

1890-1979

Summary:

The collection consists of photographs and advertisements related to women working in industry dating from 1890 to 1948.

Scope and Contents:

Series 1: Photographs includes images of women in industry along with associated documents. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject. The photographs date from 1890 to 1981, yet the bulk of the materials are from 1930 to 1948. A portion of the materials are undated. There is a notable shortage of material related to women of color. The photographs depict women working in engineering jobs, operating heavy machinery, working with textiles, and handling different types of technology. There are several types of machines and products featured in the collection including pneumatic drills, gas irons, typewriters, rivet guns, compressed air machines, an arbor press, bending roll machines, and light bulbs. Documents that correspond to the photographs discuss an increase in women taking men's jobs in the 1940s while the men were at war. Consequently, photographs from the 1940s in this collection represent the transition of making machinery more applicable to women and enabling them to do "man-sized" jobs. Many of the 1940's photographs depict women enrolling in engineering training programs and physically working with heavy machinery.

Earlier materials from the early 1900s show women sitting in factories next to lighter equipment such as sewing machines and typewriters. There are a variety of companies displayed in the photographs including B. F. Spinney Co., Computing-Bureau Freight Accounts, Curtis Publishing Company, Curtis-Wright Corporation, Deane Works, Draper Corporation, General Electric Co., Glenn L. Martin Co., Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Osborn Manufacturing Company, and Timken Roller Bearing Co. A portion of the commercial photographs were taken by companies including Commercial Photo Co., Eastman Kodak Company, Mercury MFG. Co., Novelty Photo Co., Science Service, and Underwood and Underwood.

Series 2: Advertisements includes advertisements related to women in industry. These advertisements date from 1927 to 1946. The materials in this series promote products and jobs targeting women operating machinery such as safety bars, grinding tools, bending roles, gauges, double-seaming machines, and portable package staplers. There are a variety of companies featured in this series including Acme Staple Co., Ashcroft Gauge Division, Buffalo Forge Company, E.W. Bliss Co., The Sheffield Corporation, and Willson Safety Products.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Photographs, 1890-1948

Series 2: Advertisements, 1927-1946

Historical:

This artificially created collection traces the transition of women's work in industry during the twentieth century. Most of the collection materials have a different provenance, but thirty-two photographs were assembled by Helena E. Wright during her years working as a curator in the Division of Culture and the Arts at the National Museum of American History. Other photographs showing women in industrial sites were added to the collection by the curator Peter Liebhold in the Division of Work and Industry. The photographs and advertisements in the complete collection were arranged to exhibit the evolution of women in the workforce. Women's occupations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included work in the clothing industry (i.e. Draper Corporation, B. F. Spinney Co.), factories, and production lines. Despite the low pay, laborious and unsafe working conditions that came with working in these industries, most women felt a sense of empowerment being employed outside the home. Many women welcomed the opportunity to provide an income for their families yet worked long hours in inadequate and dismal settings. During World War I and World War II, men left their industry jobs to serve in the war. In order to serve the war effort, women found more employment opportunities in several types of industries. These included electric companies (i.e. General Electric Co.), aircraft and aerospace engineering businesses (i.e. Glenn L. Martin Co., Goodyear Aircraft Corp.), foundry work (i.e. Osborn Manufacturing Company), steel making (i.e. Timken Roller Bearing Co.), as well as enrollment in engineering training programs (i.e. Curtis-Wright Corporation). These industries provided women with a broader range of employment opportunities, skills, and experiences. Consequently, other companies began creating and marketing products to help improve the lives of women in the workforce. Inventions such as the Willson Saf-t-Bra advertised comfort and protection to women working in various industry occupations.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Women (AC0060) Rosie the Riveter Health and Safety Records (AC0621) Jantzen Knitting Mills Collection (AC0233)

Provenance:

Found in collections and assembled by curatorial staff.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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.

Topic:

Science Service  Search this

Women iron and steel workers  Search this

Women laborers  Search this

Factories -- 20th century  Search this

Textile industry  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Electric engineering -- 20th century  Search this

Industrial engineering  Search this

Manufacturing -- 1920-1930  Search this

Commercial photography  Search this

Women employees  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Industry -- U.S.  Search this

Women -- Employment  Search this

Women in technology  Search this

Women in advertising  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertisements -- 20th century

Citation:

Women in Industry Photographs and Advertisements, 1890-1948, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1446

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Women in Industry Photographs and Advertisements

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1446

Photographer:

Miner, John  Search this

Collector:

Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014  Search this

Creator:

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)  Search this

Names:

Tribune Company  Search this

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (3-1/4" x 2-1/2".)

Culture:

African Americans -- 1950-1960  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Illinois

Chicago (Ill.)

Scope and Contents:

Possibly taken in Chicago because the newspaper on the piano is the Chicago Tribune. Box 2, John Miner Negatives "M to Z" ("Billy Strayhorn" envelope). Made on Kodak Safety Film 470.

Local Numbers:

AC1323-0000012.tif (AC Scan No.)

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Occupation:

Jazz musicians -- 1950-2000 -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Piano  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Collection Citation:

Duncan Schiedt Jazz Collection, 1900-2012, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

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Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection

Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection / Series 2: Photographic Materials / 2.2: Artist Files Photographs / Strayhorn, Billy

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1323-ref7840

Creator:

Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993  Search this

Names:

Archway Cookies, Inc.  Search this

Borden's Farm Products Co. of Illinois  Search this

Campbell Soup Company  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association  Search this

Franco American Food Co.  Search this

Lever Brothers and Unilever, ltd.  Search this

National Distillers and Chemical Corporation  Search this

Nesbitt Associates, Ltd.  Search this

P. Ballantine & Sons  Search this

Philip Morris Incorporated  Search this

Revlon, Inc.  Search this

Schick (Firm)  Search this

Scott Paper Company  Search this

Seagram Company  Search this

Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Date:

1951-1984

Scope and Contents:

Background and biographical information consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.

The records of the office of public relations cover the years 1955-1963 and include press releases and clippings describing some Nesbitt's products, his theories on consumer motivation, and the results of his surveys, as well as correspondence with members of the press. General office correspondence is boxed separately.

Color slides, color and black & white transparencies, and black & white photographs of most of Nesbitt's designs for packaging from 1951-1981 are included. Oversized materials include books jackets and booklets designed by Nesbitt, as well as some renderings for packaging designs done in color.

Three samples of fitted presentation boxes designed by Nesbitt are included, as well as a prototype for a design award for Parsons School of Design in New York, and two "Multiplication" cubes commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Arrangement:

This collection has been reboxed in archivally-sound containers, but the materials have only been partially processed and arranged. Record groups include: 1) Backgound and Biographical Information; 2) Records of the Public Relations Office, 1955-1963; 3) Correspondence; 4) Slides, Transparencies, and Photographs; 5) Oversized Materials; and 6) Samples.

Biographical / Historical:

Packaging, industrial, and graphic designer. Born in New York City, August 10, 1920. Nesbitt was a student of sculptor Chaim Gross and studied art at many New York institutions including: Art Students League; New York University; Columbia University; Pratt Institute of Art; and the New School.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 where he worked as a cartographer and as the head of the visual aid section in a military intelligence training center. In 1945, he joined the staff of Harper's Bazaar magazine where he was an illustrator assisting art director Alexey Brodovich. In 1946, Nesbitt was hired by the industrial design studio of Raymond Loewy as a handletterer and packaging designer.

He worked with Lippincott Industrial Design from 1948 to 1951. Nesbitt opened his own design studio, Nesbitt Associates, Ltd. in 1951. The firm specialized in package design, trademarks, and corporate identities. Some of his most recognizable designs were for the label for Campbell's Soup and the Florists' Telegraph Delivery (F.T.D.) Winged Mercury 'Interflora' figure, still used today. Nesbitt's other clients included: Franco American; Revlon; Ballantine Beer; Borden; Champion spark plugs; Kodak; Philip Morris cigarettes; Schick razors; and Archway cookies. In addition, Nesbitt developed the "Karry Kit" for Ballantine Beer which came to be widely used and known as the six pack.

Nesbitt was known for his revealing studies and surveys of the buying needs and preferences of the "average American housewife" and consumers in general. His opinions on what he referred to as "underpackaging" were widely publicized in professional magazines and journals. In 1984, Nesbitt retired from the design field and went to California to resume his career as a sculptor until his death in 1993.

Provenance:

Collection donated by the designer's wife, Mrs. Saul Nesbitt, in 1994.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Occupation:

Industrial designers  Search this

Packaging designers  Search this

Graphic designers  Search this

Topic:

Consumers -- Research  Search this

Consumers' preferences -- United States  Search this

Housewives as consumers  Search this

Labels -- Design  Search this

Corporate image -- Design  Search this

Logos (Symbols) -- Design  Search this

Graphic arts -- United States  Search this

Design, Industrial -- United States  Search this

Packaging -- Design  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs -- 20th century

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Citation:

Saul Nesbitt Papers, 1951-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1275

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Saul Nesbitt Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1275

Collection Creator:

Plastics Pioneers Association  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Disk Reference CD 2

Type:

Archival materials

Audio

Scope and Contents:

Eastman Kodak Company Camera Works Division, chief chemist-plastics in relation to photographic equipment

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Copyright status unknown. No releases exist. Collecion items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply.

Collection Citation:

[Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews, September 18-20, 1968], Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Tape number x.

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Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews

Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews / Plastic Pioneer Association Interviews - Reel 1, Side 2

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1235-ref35

Collection Creator:

Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated  Search this

Lockwood-Greene Company  Search this

Whitman, David  Search this

Greene, Stephen  Search this

Lockwood, Amos  Search this

Container:

Box 143

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use. One film is tored at an off-site facility and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Lockwood Greene Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Preservation of this collection was made possible in part by a generous gift from CH2M HILL.

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Lockwood-Greene Records

Lockwood-Greene Records / Series 2: Photographs and Slides / 2.3: Spartanburg office photographic file

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1113-ref7225

Collection Creator:

Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated  Search this

Lockwood-Greene Company  Search this

Whitman, David  Search this

Greene, Stephen  Search this

Lockwood, Amos  Search this

Container:

Box 170

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use. One film is tored at an off-site facility and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Lockwood Greene Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Preservation of this collection was made possible in part by a generous gift from CH2M HILL.

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Lockwood-Greene Records

Lockwood-Greene Records / Series 2: Photographs and Slides / 2.5: Project Negatives and Transparencies

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1113-ref7855

Collection Creator:

Gerber, H. Joseph, 1924-1996  Search this

Gerber Scientific Instrument Company (Hartford, Conn.).  Search this

Container:

Box 131, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1962

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Gerber Scientific Instrument Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Gerber Scientific Instrument Company Records

Gerber Scientific Instrument Company Records / Series 8: Trade Literature

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0929-ref1914

Creator:

Booth, Henry, 1895-1969  Search this

Names:

Amalgamated Textiles Limited.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Co.  Search this

Hillandale Farms  Search this

Hillandale Handweavers  Search this

PhotoMetric Corporation  Search this

Richard Bennett Associates, Inc.  Search this

Booth, Virginia  Search this

Extent:

2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Glass plate negatives

Pamphlets

Photographs

Date:

1942 - 1974

Summary:

Papers document Henry Booth's invention, use, and marketing of the PhotoMetriC custom tailoring system.

Scope and Contents:

The Henry Booth Collection, 1942-1974, focuses primarily on the PhotoMetriC custom tailoring system. It consists of advertisements, brochures, photographs, glass slides, a 16mm film, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, an operating manual, scrapbooks, magazines, and a guest register.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into five series.

Series 1: PhotoMetriC Apparatus Materials, 1948-1965

Series 2: PhotoMetriC Advertising and Press Materials, 1942, 1948

Series 3: PhotoMetriC Retail Materials, 1958-1974

Series 4: PhotoMetriC General Business Materials, 1947-1974

Series 5: Hillandale Handweavers, 1960-1962

Biographical / Historical:

Henry Booth was a textile jobber who invented the PhotoMetriC custom tailoring system in the 1940s, an innovation which temporarily revolutionized a small corner of the custom clothing industry.

Henry Booth (1895-1969), son of a Methodist minister, was born in Canada and raised in England where his grandfather, General William Booth, founded the Salvation Army. In 1911, Henry Booth came to the United States from England on the Lusitania. He worked in the textile industry for a few years; specifically as a manager for John B. Ellison jobbing offices in Portland and Seattle. In 1922 he formed his own firm with Harry Kemp and Robert Walker. By 1929, Booth moved east to New York City in order to pursue his career in the textile industry. He formed Amalgamated Textiles Limited with John and Blake Lawrence. In 1938, Booth met Curt Erwin Forstmann and entered into an agreement whereby Amalgamated Textiles Limited became fabric stylists and sole agents for the Forstmann Woolen Companies.

In the early 1940s, Booth came up with the idea for the PhotoMetriC camera system to be used in the custom tailoring industry. The system consisted of a specially-designed arrangement of nine mirrors. Eight mirrors reflected separate views of the customer and one mirror reflected the customer's name and other information. These angled mirrors allowed a photograph to be taken which showed the customer from the front, back, side, and top. A slide of this photographic measurement would be sent, along with the customer's garment order, to the manufacturer. When the order arrived, the tailor would project the customer's image on a special screen which facilitated the taking of certain physical measurements. With the aid of the PhotoMetriC calculator, the tailor translated the measurements into specifications for a customer-specific garment. When finished, the garment would be mailed directly to the customer's home. According to testimonials in the collection, the garments fit perfectly the first time, every time. The PhotoMetriC system both saved the tailor money and relieved the customer of the inconvenience of having to return to the tailor again and again for time-consuming fittings, alterations, and adjustments.

The camera which supported this invention needed to be virtually foolproof, enabling the average shop clerk to reliably collect the necessary data. To this end, Booth took his idea to the Eastman Kodak Company, where he worked with Dr. Kenneth Mees, Director of Research and Fred Waller, a camera expert. Waller designed the camera; the remainder of the system design was done by Booth. The PhotoMetriC system made its debut in two Richard Bennett stores in New York City on May 17, 1948. It was subsequently licensed to other select retailers such as: The Custom Gentleman (Englewood, NJ); Nathan's (Richmond, VA); The Golden Fleece (Point Pleasant Borough, NJ); and Joseph's (Terre Haute, IN).

Hillandale, a Brooklyn, CT farm which Booth purchased about 1940, was later used to produce hand woven wool fabrics. These fabrics were used extensively by various PhotoMetriC retail outlets. Henry Booth's son, Robert (b. 1924), took over farm operations circa 1960 and opened a retail outlet on the premises which featured a PhotoMetriC fitting room which provided custom tailoring until the mid-1970s. Robert Booth, with his wife, Jimmie, operated the Golden Lamb Buttery Restaurant in Brooklyn, Connecticut. It closed in 2017.

Patents of Henry Booth:

United States Patent: #2,037,192/RE #20,366, "Visible inventory and sales recording device, April 14, 1936

United States Patent: #2,547,367, "Method and apparatus for testing fabrics, April 3, 1951

United States Patent: #2,547,368, "Cloth rack," April 3, 1951

United States Patent: #2,563,451, "Photographic fitting method," August 7, 1951

United States Patent: #2,624,943, "Proportionally balancing garments," January 13, 1953

United States Patent: #2,664,784,"Apparatus for measuring objects by photography," January 5, 1954

United States Patent: #2,688,188, "Apparatus for proportionally balancing garments," September 7, 1954

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Virginia "Jimmie" Booth Collection, 1936-1998 (AC0729). Jimmie Booth is the wife of Robert Booth and she was a buyer for Lord and Taylor.

Materials in the National Museum of American History

The Division of Work and Industry holds a PhotoMetric camera, stand, and measuring harness in the Photographic History collection.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Henry Booth's son, Robert Booth, in April 2000.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Tailoring  Search this

Fashion  Search this

advertising -- 20th century  Search this

Garment cutting  Search this

Inventions -- 1920-2000 -- United States  Search this

Inventors -- 1940-1990  Search this

PhotoMetric (camera system)  Search this

Photography -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Glass plate negatives

Pamphlets -- 1950-2000

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1940-2000

Photographs -- Glass -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century

Citation:

Henry Booth Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0726

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Henry Booth Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0726

Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Extent:

27 Cubic feet (101 boxes, 6 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Magazines (periodicals)

Correspondence

Photographs

Transparencies

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Date:

1930-1976

Scope and Contents:

Original photographic negatives, prints (black-and-white and color), and color slides and transparencies by Fishback, reflecting his career in advertising, calendar, and editorial photography; drafts of articles and correspondence by Fishback (typescripts), and incoming correspondence; copies of publications, such as magazines and annual reports, with reproductions. Lessons, assignments, outlines, and meeting minutes related to his school of photography.

Subjects of the photographs include children, sports, circuses, stage performers, landscapes, the Far East, the Air Force, industrial, female nudes and glamour, etc. Many photos were used in advertisements for photographic manufacturers such as Ansco, Kodak, Kalart, Rolleiflex, etc. His photos appeared in articles and on covers of popular camera periodicals and in Life, Look, Colliers, Saturday Evening Post, and Holliday. Most of his pictures have cheerful, optimistic themes or subjects, such as his laughing daughter, Judy, posing with circus clowns.

Arrangement:

Divided into twenty-two series.

Series 1: Fishback Career and Biography

Subseries 1.1: Writings and Personal Materials

Subseries 1.2: Glen Fishback School of Photography

Series 2: Photographs--Advertisements and Contests

Series 3: Numbered and labeled envelopes in Glen Fishback's numbering system

Series 4-17: Photographs by Subject

Series 4: Air Force

Series 5: Animals

Series 6: Circus

Series 7: Far East

Subseries 7.1: Places Subseries 7.2: People

Series 8: Landscapes and places

Subseries 8.1: Architecture Subseries 8.2: Grand Tetons Subseries 8.3: Nature

Series 9: Industrial

Series 10: Kids

Subseries 10.1: Babies Subseries 10.2: Children

Series 11: Men

Subseries 11.1: Glen Fishback

Subseries 11.2: Other

Series 12: Mixed Groups

Subseries 12.1: Men and Women

Subseries 12.2: Men, Women, and Children

Series 13: Nudes

Series 14: Sports

Series 15: Stage Performers

Series 16: Transportation

Series 17: Women

Series 18: Reproductions

Series 19: Duplicates

Series 20: Magazines

Series 21: Ephemera

Series 22: Slides

Series 23: Audio Visual Materials

Biographical / Historical:

Glen Fishback was born in Orange, California in 1912. He became interested in photography in the early 30s after his friend took a photograph of him diving. He bought his first camera, a 39 cent univex camera, in 1934. He began his professional career as a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee from 1937 until 1939. He owned his own portrait and commercial studio for the next 17 years; he sold the studio in the mid-1950s in order to devote his time to free-lancing. In 1958, flew over the Far East with the U.S. Air Force as a brigadier general on a special assignment sponsored by U.S. Camera magazine, Ansco, Rolleiflex, and the Air Force. Fishback and his wife also established the Glen Fishback School of Photography in the 1950s. It was the only school at the time which taught how to become a freelancer. The school lasted until the 1990s, even after Fishback's death.

Fishback also wrote technical and popular articles for photographic magazines and publications.

Fishback won 10 first places in major national and international photography contests; at the time of his death, he had reportedly won more money in contests than any other photographer.

He developed an accurate and reliable exposure system which Pentax included with each of their spotmeters. Fishback's system worked for both black and white and color photography.

Fishback and his wife were friends with Edward Weston Fishback took photographs of Weston at Point Lobos. The two exchanged photos and correspondence. Fishback supplied his photos for a film on Edward Weston's Daybooks; He also wrote an article "Edward Weston, A Legend in His Own Time" for Petersen's Photographic. Fishback and his wife named their son, Kurt Edward Fishback, in honor of their friend.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Fishback's daughter, Judy White, who, with her brother Kurt, inherited it on her father's death. Ms. White made the availability of the collection known on an Internet listserv, where the archivist saw the description and contacted Ms. White.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

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.

Topic:

Circuses (performances)  Search this

Photography of children -- 20th century  Search this

Photography, Industrial -- 20th century  Search this

Photographic industry -- 20th century  Search this

Photography, Advertising -- 20th century  Search this

Photography -- Schools -- 20th century  Search this

Trade schools -- 1970-1980  Search this

Photography of sports -- 20th century  Search this

Photography of the nude -- 20th century  Search this

Circus  Search this

Circus performers  Search this

Nudity  Search this

Nude in art  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Clowns  Search this

Glamour photography -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Sports -- 20th century  Search this

Children -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports -- 20th century

Magazines (periodicals) -- 20th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Photographs -- Color prints -- 20th century

Transparencies -- 20th century

Slides (photographs) -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Color slides -- 20th century

Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0714

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Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0714

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents:

Copies of magazines which contain articles, covers, or photos by Fishback.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0714, Series 20

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Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1226

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 33

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1252

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 34

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1254

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 35

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1255

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 36

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1256

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 37

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1257

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 38

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1258

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 40

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1259

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 41

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 20: Magazines

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1260

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents:

Magazines, brochures, booklets, catalogs, mounted magazine covers, etc which contain noncredited and credited Fishback's photos

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0714, Series 21

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1262

Collection Photographer:

Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976  Search this

Collection Creator:

Glen Fishback School of Photography.  Search this

Collection Donor:

White, Judy  Search this

Collection Manufacturer:

Ansco.  Search this

Kalart.  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Container:

Box 29

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted until 2050 and are noted in the container list.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs, 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs

Glen Fishback Papers and Photographs / Series 21: Ephemera

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0714-ref1263