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Neon sign from Mae's Millinery Shop

Manufactured by:
Unidentified  Search this
Owned by:
Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016  Search this
Subject of:
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994  Search this
Medium:
neon, glass, metal, and wire
Dimensions:
H x W x D (As stored): 28 x 37 x 4 in. (71.1 x 94 x 10.2 cm)
H x W x D (With box but without wires): 4 x 36 x 3 in. (10.2 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm)
Type:
neon lamps
Place collected:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1941-1994
Topic:
African American  Search this
Black Enterprise  Search this
Business  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
Object number:
2010.6.139
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification:
Tools and Equipment-Occupational
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd548deaf11-acad-4288-90a7-12dafd1d8726
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.6.139

Neon lamp modulation methods

Collection Creator:
Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965  Search this
Container:
Box 62, Item 139-56
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used. Contact the Archives Center for more 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:
Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1929-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection
Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection / Series 17: Addenda / Lantern Slides
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep853f1d161-1fb3-4e2e-b36e-afb4c3c273e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0018-ref1948

Social (see also oversized, Box 154)

Collection Creator:
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-  Search this
Container:
Box 11, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Collection, Acc. 1992.0023, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection / Series 2: Military Career / 2.3: Materials Arranged by Posting / 2.3.13: Far East Air Force (FEAF) Headquarters (Tokyo, Japan), Director of Operations and Training
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2731e337a-c5f5-49a8-9698-910b72d673b3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1992-0023-ref1915
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Vibrometer

Object Name:
vibrometer
Vibrometer
Credit Line:
Gift of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ID Number:
1986.0837.22
Catalog number:
1986.0837.22
Accession number:
1986.0837
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-83a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1844993

[Trade catalogs from Baird Television Ltd.]

Company Name:
Baird Television Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
televisors ; "senior" kit ; radio receiving sets ; graduated discs ; automatic synchronising gear ; neon lamp ;
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Television  Search this
Topic:
Television -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Television supplies industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_42505
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_42505

NE-? glow-lamp

Object Name:
Neon Lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Other Terms:
Neon Lamp; Lighting Devices
ID Number:
ZZ.RSN80847U01
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-333d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_708576

General Electric type Ne-45 glow lamp

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Object Name:
Neon Lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Other Terms:
Neon Lamp; Lighting Devices
Date made:
ca 1924
Credit Line:
from D. McFarlan Moore?
ID Number:
ZZ.RSN80847U02
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-333e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_708577

General Electric type NE-15 glow-lamp

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Object Name:
Neon Lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Other Terms:
Neon Lamp; Lighting Devices
ID Number:
ZZ.RSN80847U03
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-343d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_708578

General Electric type Ne-2 glow lamp

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Object Name:
Neon Lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Other Terms:
Neon Lamp; Lighting Devices
ID Number:
ZZ.RSN80847U04
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3cbc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_708579

Jenkins model 102 "Radiovisor" television receiver

Inventor:
Jenkins, C. Francis  Search this
Maker:
Jenkins Television Corporation  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 16 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 21.59 cm x 26.035 cm
Object Name:
Scanner
television scanner
mecahnical television receiver
mechanical television receiver
Other Terms:
Scanner; Television
Date made:
1930
ca 1931
Credit Line:
from Ethel DuMont
ID Number:
EM.327754
Catalog number:
327754
Accession number:
270106
Model number:
102
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-0bcd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_709543

Jenkins "Radiovisor" television receiver

Inventor:
Jenkins, C. Francis  Search this
Maker:
Jenkins Laboratories  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13 in x 8 in x 19 in; 33.02 cm x 20.32 cm x 48.26 cm
Object Name:
Receiver, television
television receiver
mechanical television receiver
Other Terms:
Receiver, television; Television
Date made:
c1929
c1930
Date made:
ca 1929
Associated date:
1930
Credit Line:
from Stephen C. Van Fleet
ID Number:
EM.313734
Accession number:
193300
Catalog number:
313734
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-dbb4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_709904

Ohio type 3956 motor and Jenkins drum scanner

Maker:
Jenkins, C. Francis  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 7 1/4 in x 16 in x 7 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 40.64 cm x 19.05 cm
Object Name:
television component
mechanican television component
mechanical television component
Other Terms:
Television
Date made:
ca 1930
Associated date:
1929
Credit Line:
from C. Francis Jenkins
ID Number:
EM.314256
Catalog number:
314256
Accession number:
117977
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-51f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_712532
Online Media:

General Electric neon glow lamp

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm
Object Name:
Neon Lamp
discharge lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Credit Line:
from Franklin Wingard
ID Number:
EM.322648
Catalog number:
322648
Accession number:
241556
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5063-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_703862

RCA type 991 neon glow lamp

Maker:
Radio Corporation of America  Search this
Physical Description:
cardboard (box material)
Measurements:
lamp: 1 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 1.5875 cm
box: 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 3.4925 cm x 3.4925 cm
Object Name:
Neon Lamp
discharge lamp
neon glow lamp
coronal discharge lamp
Date made:
ca 1928
Credit Line:
from Franklin Wingard
ID Number:
EM.323163
Catalog number:
323163
Accession number:
241556
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3f1b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_703865

Searching for the oldest stars ancient relics from the early universe Anna Frebel ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel

Author:
Frebel, Anna  Search this
Translator:
Hentschel, Ann  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color) 25 cm
Type:
Texts
Einführung
Date:
2015
Topic:
Early stars  Search this
Cosmochronology  Search this
Stars--Age  Search this
Stars--Formation  Search this
Galaxies--Formation  Search this
Étoiles des premiers types  Search this
Cosmochronologie  Search this
Étoiles--Âge  Search this
Étoiles--Formation  Search this
Stellare Archäologie  Search this
Metallarmer Stern  Search this
Kosmologie  Search this
Forschung  Search this
(fast)Stars--Age  Search this
(fast)Stars--Formation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113561

Georges Claude (1870-1960)

Subject:
Claude, Georges 1870-1960  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Chemical engineering  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Neon lamps  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0138]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290662

Georges Claude (1870-1960)

Subject:
Claude, Georges 1870-1960  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Chemical engineering  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Neon lamps  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0139]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290663

Georges Claude (1870-1960)

Subject:
Claude, Georges 1870-1960  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Neon lamps  Search this
Chemical engineering  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0140]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290664

Georges Claude (1870-1960)

Creator:
Manuel, Henri  Search this
Subject:
Claude, Georges 1870-1960  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Chemistry  Search this
Neon lamps  Search this
Chemical engineering  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0141]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290665

The new let there be neon / Rudi Stern

Title:
Let there be neon
Author:
Stern, Rudi  Search this
Stern, Rudi Let there be neon  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
©1996
Topic:
Neon lamps  Search this
Neon tubes  Search this
Electric signs  Search this
Neon sculpture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1060211

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