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Archives Center Business Americana Collection

Creator:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this; Ravnitzky, Michael Search this

Extent:: 29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertisements; Advertising cards; Business ephemera; Calendars; Commercial imagery; Ephemera; Letterheads; Maps; Photographs; Print advertising; Trade catalogs

Place:: Europe; Puerto Rico

Date:: circa 1900-present

Summary:: This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.

Scope and Contents:: An artificial collection of material organized with the same subject headings as the Warshaw Collection, i.e., generally by product type. Additional subject headings will be added as needed. New material, much of it from the second half of the twentieth century, is added regularly to this collection. This collection is sometimes informally called "Warshaw Junior" by the staff and researchers.

Arrangement:: This collection is arranged by subject categories.

Biographical / Historical:: This collection contains miscellaneous business ephemera. The material is similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, but no new material is incorporated into the Warshaw Collection. The material in the Archives Center Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources, including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian staff.

Related Materials:: Materials in the Archives Center

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (AC0060)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Collection (AC1146)

Cincinnati Boss Company Records, 1900-1990 (AC0741)

Provenance:: This collection was compiled by the Archives Center from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.

Rights:: Possible copyright and/or trademark restrictions on material in collection. Consult repository.

Topic:: Abrasives industry Search this; Alternative medicine Search this; Aged -- Care Search this; Buildings -- Maintenance Search this; Children's clothing Search this; Computers Search this; Credit Search this; Disabilities Search this; Easter Search this; Ecology Search this; Franchises (Retail trade) Search this; Freight and freightage Search this; Halloween Search this; Internet Search this; Interior decoration Search this; Mental health Search this; Parades Search this; People with disabilities Search this; Storage and moving trade Search this; Vegetarianism Search this; Weight loss Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertisements -- 20th century; Advertising cards; Advertisements; Business ephemera; Calendars; Commercial imagery; Ephemera; Letterheads; Maps -- 20th century; Photographs -- 20th century; Print advertising; Trade catalogs

Citation:: Archives Center Business Americana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0404

See more items in:: Archives Center Business Americana Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep809addfd6-47f7-460a-a41c-118347559a08

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0404

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[Specialty advertisement card for me.org, an HIV positive support organization]. [reproduction of color photograph]

Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Collection Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Collection Donor:: Becker, John M. Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Heritage of Pride (HOP) Search this; Rohrbaugh, Richard Search this; Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Search this

Collection Creator:: Hirsch, Leonard Search this; Guest, Barbara Search this; Barna, Joseph T. Search this; Guest, Michael E. Search this; Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019 Search this

Extent:: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 4.3" x 3.1".)

Type:: Archival materials; Advertisements

Scope and Contents:: Undated.

Arrangement:: Box No.11, folder no.3.

Local Numbers:: AC1146-0000039.tif (AC Scan No.)

Exhibitions Note:: Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Archiving the History of an Epdemic: HIV and AIDS, 1985-2009," June 3, 2011-October 3, 2011. Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., curator.

Collection Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

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.

Topic:: HIV Positive Search this; HIV and AIDS Search this; Gay rights Search this; LGBT Search this; Homosexuality Search this; Sexuality Search this; Sexual minorities Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertisements

Collection Citation:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection; Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 4: Advertising, Business, and Publications / 4.1: Advertising / Advertising ephemera

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8020e231e-9c85-4e22-8278-cb74a85be890

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref2739

"No on Prop 8" (California) advertising cards and bumper stickers

Collection Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Collection Donor:: Becker, John M. Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Heritage of Pride (HOP) Search this; Rohrbaugh, Richard Search this; Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Search this

Collection Creator:: Hirsch, Leonard Search this; Guest, Barbara Search this; Barna, Joseph T. Search this; Guest, Michael E. Search this; Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019 Search this

Container:: Box 10, Folder 13

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 2008

Collection Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

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:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection; Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 3: Community Life / 3.2: Events, Ephemera and Buttons

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86714fdc6-8162-4770-ba29-bb89c1d8a85f

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref441

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Advertising, Business, and Publications

Collection Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Collection Donor:: Becker, John M. Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Heritage of Pride (HOP) Search this; Rohrbaugh, Richard Search this; Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Search this

Collection Creator:: Hirsch, Leonard Search this; Guest, Barbara Search this; Barna, Joseph T. Search this; Guest, Michael E. Search this; Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019 Search this

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1912-2023, undated

Scope and Contents:: This series is arranged into four subseries: Subseries 4.1 Advertising, Subseries 4.2 Business, Subseries 4.3 Television, Theater, and Motion Pictures, Subseries 4.4 Ephemera and Advertisement, and Subseries 4.5 Publications. Within the subseries items are arranged alphabetically by company name or title. This series includes Spartacus and Damron bar guides, local guides, as well as selections from the "Fun Maps" series, bar ephemera, posters, drink tickets, and advertising cards. This series also includes catalogues for clothing and LGBT related merchandise. This series includes a complete set of the documents produced by the Department of Defense Comprehensive Review Working Group published in November 2010 on the results of the survey on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy prior to the repeal of DADT in December 2010. The series also includes material created by businesses targeting the LGBT community. See also Series 7 for additional publications.

Collection Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

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:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.1146, Series 4

See more items in:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82d431efc-e2ed-48c5-9544-9c75f6494acc

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref521

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Crosman's advertisement

Artist:: Crosman Bros. Seed Co., Inc. Search this

Medium:: Cardboard, color lithograph

Dimensions:: 36 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (92.1 × 54.6 cm)

Type:: Advertising ephemera; Trade cards

Date:: circa 1943

Topic:: advertising cards Search this; chromolithographs Search this; ephemera Search this; caricatures Search this; lawn mowers Search this; marketing Search this; seed Search this; Seed industry and trade Search this; Trade advertisements Search this

Credit Line:: Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection.

Accession number:: 1999.097.a.b

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Horticultural Artifacts Collection

Data Source:: Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/aq47a5727fa-8390-48b0-bde5-664a90a96595

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:hac_1999.097.a.b

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 6.04 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversized folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Legal documents; Print advertising; Business records; Correspondence; Invoices; Trade cards; Business cards; Business ephemera; Reports; Ephemera; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Advertising mail; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Catalogues; Proofs (printed matter); Advertising fliers; Receipts; Letterheads; Illustrations; Publications; Advertisements; Sales catalogs; Catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Advertising cards; Advertising; Manuals; Trade catalogs; Business letters

Date:: 1713-1993

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:: The subject category Printing and Printers primarily represents material designed and created by printing companies, largely on the behalf of other companies. Additional material includes serial publications created by printers, the history of printing, biographical material about printers or typographical artists, as well as printing and engraving instructions.

Types of printmaking and printers in these records include stereotyping, electrotyping, planographs, typographs, linotypes, and monotypes.

No expansive documentation of any single printer company is represented within the records, and there is minimal breadth of material on specific subject areas within the printing field. However, business records, company histories, select historical overviews, and the cumulative examples of printers visual work may provide researchers with a broad overview of the printing industry as well as a visual sampling of the evolution of printing styles.

Arrangement:: Printing and Printers is arranged in three subseries. Records, advertising, and catalogues for proprietorships may be filed under either the first or last name of the individual, researchers should look in all applicable alphabetical folders.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Printing and Printers 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.

Topic:: Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Printing -- Instruments Search this; Printing -- History Search this; Printing -- Technique Search this; Printing machinery and supplies Search this; Printing Search this; Printing presses Search this; Linotype Search this; Printmakers Search this; Patents Search this; Wood-engraving Search this; Printers -- United States Search this; Engraving -- 19th century -- United States Search this; Engraving -- History Search this; Printing industry Search this; Retail trade Search this; Sales promotion Search this

Genre/Form:: Legal documents; Print advertising; Business records; Correspondence; Invoices; Trade cards; Business cards; Business ephemera; Reports; Ephemera; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Advertising mail; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Catalogues; Proofs (printed matter); Advertising fliers; Receipts; Letterheads; Illustrations; Publications -- Business; Advertisements; Sales catalogs; Catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Advertising cards; Advertising; Manuals; Trade catalogs; Publications; Business letters

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Printing

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep837262a26-a5d0-4fe8-bbdf-30cab89234d0

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-printing

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 12.77 Cubic feet (consisting of 26.5 boxes, 1 folder, 7 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Print advertising; Periodicals; Publications; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Printed ephemera; Patterns; Catalogues; Designs (textile); Sales catalogs; Business cards; Legal records; Contracts; Textiles; Trade catalogs; Exhibition catalogs; Advertising; Advertisements; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Designs; Printed material; Labels; Instructional materials; Trademarks; Legal documents; Trade cards; Legislation (legal concepts); Ephemera; Samples; Manuals; Sample books; Design patents; Advertising fliers; Illustrations; Catalogs; Sales letters; Business letters; Correspondence; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Letterheads; Invoices; Photographs; Sales records; Printed materials; Fabrics; Trade literature; Business ephemera; Receipts; Commercial catalogs

Date:: 1784-1970

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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 is concentrated on the 19th century United States textile manufacture and trade, and the sale of textiles in the form of bale, bolt, roll, and fabric to commercial vendors or consumers as source material to make other goods. The first series contains day-to-day records of dealers and vendors, plus advertising and marketing material. Artisan and home production of goods are virtually not covered but are a couple of incidental publications related to arts, crafts (rugs, weaving, looms), and more refined work such as tapestry. The import/export of textiles is well represented with a large volume of records, which may also provide some insight into the shipping industry.

There is not much on the infrastructure of the industry in the way of directories, trade journals, trade associations, along with manufacturing and plants, though there are a few examples of each. There are virtually no catalogues, except for a few thin ones that were filed by company name. While not extensive, the sample books and swatches offer a glimpse into product lines. Material types offers limited, specific information on certain varieties such as cotton, wool, linen, rayon, etc. Thread might be incidentally present but is not specifically included since there is already a dedicated subject category for it.

There is a healthy sampling of product labels. A handful of intellectual property related documents cover protections of designs, plus patents and trademarks. There is a small bulk of publications related to tariffs and the wool industry.

Clothing patterns, home economics, sewing and seamstresses, household use of textiles (furniture covering, as a cleaning tool, bedding/pillows, etc.) are not covered within this category. Researchers should also look at any of a number of other Warshaw categories, particularly those related to clothing, hosiery, dry goods, furniture, curtains, etc. for period popularity of certain materials and patterns.

Arrangement:: Textiles is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

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:: Textiles 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.

Topic:: Trade associations Search this; Patents Search this; Cotton textile industry Search this; Fabrics, including spinning and weaving Search this; Tapestry Search this; Cotton Search this; Textile manufacture Search this; Textile design -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Search this; Textile crafts Search this; Textile Search this; Retail trade Search this; Tapestry -- Design Search this; Textiles -- India Search this; Labels -- Design Search this; Textile fabrics in art Search this; Textile fibers, Synthetic -- Equipment and supplies Search this; Cotton picking machinery Search this; Wool, Artificial Search this; Cotton manufacture Search this; Textile fabrics Search this; Cotton picking Search this; Textile fabrics -- 20th century Search this; Textile fibers, Synthetic Search this; Trademarks -- Design Search this; Silk industry Search this; Textile fibers, Synthetic Dyeing Search this; Textile industry Search this; Cotton industry Search this; Tapestry -- Technique Search this; Cotton growing Search this; Cotton -- 1890-1910 Search this; Textile mills Search this; Synthetic fabrics Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Textile industry -- 1900-1910 Search this

Genre/Form:: Print advertising; Periodicals; Publications; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Printed ephemera; Patterns; Catalogues; Designs (textile); Sales catalogs; Business cards; Legal records; Contracts; Textiles; Trade catalogs; Exhibition catalogs; Advertising; Advertisements; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Designs; Printed material; Labels; Instructional materials; Trademarks; Legal documents; Trade cards; Legislation (legal concepts); Ephemera; Samples; Manuals; Sample books; Design patents; Advertising fliers; Illustrations; Catalogs; Sales letters; Business letters; Correspondence; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Letterheads; Invoices; Photographs; Sales records; Printed materials; Fabrics; Trade literature; Business ephemera; Publications -- Business; Receipts; Commercial catalogs

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Textiles

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8452a33db-9793-45c0-890c-a0dc6c7e8893

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-textiles

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.68 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Travel brochures; Commercial correspondence; Letterheads; Receipts; Print advertising; Business cards; Invoices; Business letters; Publications; Business records; Business ephemera; Ephemera; Correspondence; Advertising fliers; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising mail; Advertising cards; Printed ephemera

Place:: Australia -- Description and Travel; Austria -- description and travel; Spain -- description and travel; Scotland -- description and travel; Colorado -- description and travel; Ireland -- description and travel; England -- description and travel; Europe -- description and travel -- 1910-1950; China -- Description and Travel; Mexico -- description and travel; Europe -- description and travel; Canada -- Description and Travel; United States -- description and travel

Date:: 1844-1966

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:: Tours consists of business records and advertisements created by tourism companies and rail lines, travel guides to varied countries and geographic areas, and other select items such as travel advice, resources on hotels and resorts, and travel-related events or lectures.

No expansive business documentation exists for any company represented within the records. The strength of the collection lies in its breadth of information about other countries, states, or geographic locations provided for the purposes of informing travelers. While no substantial material concerning the history and development of the tourism industry exists within the collection, this subject category provides substantial resources for researchers interested in sorts of information that was made available to tourists, types of travel and tours available, and background about resources and perceptions of promoted vacation destinations over a long time period.

Arrangement:: Tours is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Tours 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.

Topic:: Railroads -- 19th century Search this; Railroads -- 20th century Search this; Health resorts Search this; Automobile travel Search this; Railroads -- 1860-1900 Search this; Railroads -- 1874-1910 Search this; Travel Search this; Hotels Search this; Automobile travel -- United States Search this; Railroads -- Dining-car service Search this; Railroads Search this; Railroad companies Search this; Tourist trade -- 1900-1910 Search this; Tourism Search this; Maps, Tourist Search this; Transportation Search this; Railroads -- History Search this; Railroads -- Trains Search this; Sleeping cars (Railroads) Search this; Air travel Search this; Travel -- 1890-1930 Search this; Tourist trade -- Postcards Search this; Travel -- 1910-1920 Search this; Railroad travel Search this; Description and Travel Search this; Family vacations Search this; Tourist trade -- 1910-1940 Search this; Railroad stations Search this; Tourist trade -- 1900-1910 -- Washington (D.C.) Search this; advertising -- Transportation Search this; Vacations Search this; Railroad passenger cars Search this

Genre/Form:: Travel brochures; Commercial correspondence; Letterheads; Receipts; Print advertising; Business cards; Invoices; Business letters; Publications -- Business; Business records; Publications; Business ephemera; Ephemera; Correspondence; Advertising fliers; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising mail; Advertising cards; Printed ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tours

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ec3d919a-fdba-4173-8a85-5b72a71d4dfa

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-tours

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lithography

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.13 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 1 folder, 24 oversize folders, 7 map case folders, 1 flat box, plus digital images of some collection material. )

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Ephemera

Date:: undated; circa 1848-1926

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Lithography 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 primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, business cards, lithographs, bills/receipts, advertising cards, order forms, price lists, cut-outs, catalogues, and books from lithographers, printers, and engravers. The material dates from 1848 to 1926, but the bulk is late nineteenth century. There is a substantial amount of material for both Louis Prang and Currier and Ives.

Materials in box one and two are organized by name of company. Box three contains information about Currier and Ives. Materials in box four are arranged by type: correspondences, bills and receipts, related publications, and miscellaneous items.

Materials in the Archives Center:: Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Lithography 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.

Topic:: Lithography Search this; Engraving Search this; Printing Search this

Genre/Form:: Business ephemera; Ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lithography, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Lithography

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lithography

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84207d8bc-c61c-4bd0-b48d-69f8247684cd

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-lithography

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Umbrellas

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Ephemera; Business ephemera

Date:: 1833-1891, and undated

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Umbrellas 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 advertising cards, business cards, bills, receipts, correspondence, circulars, notices and price lists. These materials are organized by manufacturing company. The umbrella manufacturing companies represented in this collection for the most part were found in the north particularly Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Most of these companies manufactured and sold other items such as parasols, walking canes, hats (caps), fans, leather goods, lingerie and ladies silk hosiery. They also tended to import fabrics for these goods and this information is clearly stated on documents. The materials date from 1833 to 1891 with the bulk of the material originating in the first half of the 19th century. Materials not organized by manufacturing company are divided into import/export documents the largest portion of the collection, related publications and general works which include mostly visual images containing no written information.

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:: Umbrellas 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:: Ephemera; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Umbrellas, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Umbrellas

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep852266b9e-c192-45fa-94b6-d4597f3db06f

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-umbrellas

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Leather

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 1.9 Cubic feet (consisting of 4 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertising cards; Advertising; Letterheads; Advertisements; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Advertising mail; Publications; Invoices; Reports; Advertising fliers; Periodicals; Catalogues; Printed materials; Manuals; Mail order catalogs; Receipts; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Business ephemera; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Trade cards; Business letters; Business records; Print advertising; Ephemera; Printed material; Trade literature; Business cards; Commercial catalogs

Date:: circa 1845-1953

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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 note:: The leather industry serves both commercial and consumer needs. The preparation and treatment of leather includes tanning, oiling, and dressings as well as tools and equipment used in working with it.

The business records are in the form of operational transactional documents, mostly in the form of bookkeeping, bills, receipts, and correspondence, with a significant volume of import/export documentation. Advertisements and catalogues cover consumer goods such as luggage, bags, accessories likesuch as wallets, handbags, shoes, bookbinders, harnesses and saddles used for or with livestock, plus raw or semi-processed leather, hide, and tanning goods and services made by or sold to manufacturers of finished leather products. Also present is a small quantity of product samples.

Arrangement note:: The collection is arranged into three subseries.

Business Records

Genre

Subjects

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Leather 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.

Topic:: Mail-order business -- Catalogs Search this; Hides and skins Search this; advertising -- Business ephemera Search this; Hide preparation Search this; Patents Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertising cards; Advertising; Letterheads; Advertisements; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Advertising mail; Publications -- Business; Invoices; Reports; Advertising fliers; Periodicals; Catalogues; Printed materials; Manuals; Mail order catalogs; Receipts; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Business ephemera; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Trade cards; Business letters; Business records; Print advertising; Ephemera; Printed material; Trade literature; Business cards; Publications; Commercial catalogs

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Leather, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Leather

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80ae14fa7-6b4a-4da8-8032-6dedaf0c6d51

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-leather

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Wagons

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.25 Cubic feet (consisting of 7 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 2 map case folders.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Sales letters; Ephemera; Trade literature; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Legal documents; Publications; Printed ephemera; Printed material; Trade cards; Commercial catalogs; Business records; Manufacturers' catalogs; Sales catalogs; Advertising; Advertising cards; Advertising fliers; Advertising mail; Print advertising; Business cards; Advertisements; Letterheads; Invoices; Printed materials; Receipts; Photographs; Mail order catalogs; Business letters; Instructional materials; Commercial correspondence; Catalogs; Correspondence; Sales records; Catalogues; Business ephemera

Date:: 1818-1919; bulk 1840-1910

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:: Contains materials relating to the manufacture and sale of wheeled and ski-based vehicles, primarily horse drawn, but in some cases human powered such as wagons, carriages, buggies, sleds, and sleighs used for transportation of goods and person. Includes information about a variety of wagon types runners, cutters, coaches, trucks, surreys, and phartons. Accessories include harnesses, reins, metal wheels, axles, spokes, tops, aprons, ornaments. There is one example of a baby carriage.

Businesses include general merchants, specialty dealers, service, parts and accessories, and repair.

Materials represent a sampling of daily transactions such as receipts and invoices for purchases. Marketing materials consists of price lists, ads, and brochures. There are several illustrated catalogues which provide good coverage on product lines. The images files provide good visual content of wagons used for work and leisure.

No extensive runs or complete records exist for any single company, brand, and no particular depth is present for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of a person, company, or facet of industry.

Arrangement:: Wagons is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Wagons 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.

Topic:: Farm equipment Search this; Trade associations Search this; Patents Search this; Carriages and carts Search this; Periodicals Search this; Carriages and carts -- Design Search this; Carriages Search this; Licenses Search this; Carriage and wagon making -- 1880-1910 -- Maryland Search this; Horse-drawn vehicles Search this; Wagon manufacturing Search this; Carriage and wagon making Search this; Wagon wheels Search this; Carriage industry Search this; Wheels Search this; Road vehicles Search this; Wagons Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Sleds Search this; Sleds (animal-powered) Search this

Genre/Form:: Sales letters; Ephemera; Trade literature; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Legal documents; Publications -- Business; Printed ephemera; Printed material; Trade cards; Commercial catalogs; Business records; Manufacturers' catalogs; Sales catalogs; Advertising; Advertising cards; Advertising fliers; Advertising mail; Print advertising; Business cards; Advertisements; Letterheads; Publications; Invoices; Printed materials; Receipts; Photographs; Mail order catalogs; Business letters; Instructional materials; Commercial correspondence; Catalogs; Correspondence; Sales records; Catalogues; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Wagons, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Wagons

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88ff07bd3-ee72-4889-a05b-e5942065e168

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-wagons

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Schools

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 11.39 Cubic feet (consisting of 25 boxes, 2 folders, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Examinations (documents); Speeches; Catalogs; Trade catalogs; Reports; Sales records; Trade literature; Print advertising; Business cards; Programs; Training manuals; Invoices; Publications; Business records; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Certificates; Business ephemera; Manuals; Sales letters; Awards; Dance cards; Business letters; Commercial correspondence; Ephemera; Illustrations; Photographs; Sermons; Letterheads; Advertising; Printed ephemera; Catalogues; Theater programs; Report cards; Receipts; Advertising fliers; Legal documents; Scrapbooks; Correspondence; Lesson books; Periodicals; School records

Date:: 1745-1973; bulk 1840-1930

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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 note:: Most materials present are records and information related to specific schools and institutions and their operations. There are no complete records for any single organization. K-12 public, private schools are represented, as well as colleges, universities, vocational training, plus home study, correspondence courses, Sunday Schools and some religious instruction. HBCUs are not represented, though there may be a general item or two related to one or more of the HBCU schools. There is a sampling of teaching and learning tools such as workbooks, textbooks, and curriculum guides, plus publications for educators. A portion of the material focuses on administration and the profession of education. Student Services and Engagement covers the social aspects of higher education.

Arrangement note:: Schools is arranged in two subseries.

Institutions

By Name

Administration and Records

Genre

Advertisements

Images

Instruction and Learning: Tools and Resources

Post Family Education Records

Serial Publications for Educators and Administrators

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:: Schools 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:: 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.

Occupation:: College administrators Search this; Educators Search this; Art teachers Search this

Topic:: Student activities Search this; Education, Higher Search this; Colleges Search this; College teachers Search this; Teachers -- 1940-1950 Search this; Fraternal organizations Search this; Musical productions Search this; Students Search this; Education Search this; Home economics -- Study and teaching Search this; Dance Search this; College graduates -- 1840-1860 Search this; Education, Elementary Search this; High schools -- Alumni and alumnae Search this; College students -- 1900-1910 Search this; Art Search this; Music Search this; Primers Search this; Vocational education Search this; Schools Search this; Teachers Search this; Mathematics Search this; Education -- 19th century Search this; Kindergarten Search this; Dances Search this; Classrooms Search this; Theater Search this; High school student activities Search this; Women -- Education Search this; Universities and colleges Search this; Lesson plans Search this; Students -- 1940-1950 Search this; Universities and colleges -- Administration Search this; Musical performances Search this; Education -- school buildings Search this; State universities and colleges Search this; Students -- 19th century Search this; Medical colleges -- Faculty Search this; Commencement ceremonies Search this; High school athletes Search this; Cooking Search this; Medical colleges Search this; Musicals Search this; Elementary schools Search this; Art -- Study and teaching Search this

Genre/Form:: Examinations (documents); Speeches; Catalogs; Trade catalogs; Reports; Sales records; Trade literature; Print advertising; Business cards; Programs -- Graduation ceremonies -- 1930-1940; Training manuals -- 20th century; Invoices; Publications; Business records; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Certificates; Business ephemera; Manuals; Sales letters; Awards; Dance cards; Business letters; Commercial correspondence; Certificates -- School attendance -- 1930-1940 -- Illinois; Ephemera; Illustrations; Photographs; Sermons; Letterheads; Publications -- Business; Advertising; Printed ephemera; Catalogues; Theater programs; Report cards; Receipts; Advertising fliers; Legal documents; Scrapbooks; Correspondence; Lesson books; Periodicals; School records

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Schools, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Schools

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8680d9cf8-955e-43fd-b70a-d3dd90a3f340

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-schools

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 2.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Ephemera

Date:: circa 1854-1951

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Sewing Machines 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 subject category- Sewing consists primarily of advertising cards, printed advertisements, bills, receipts, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, pamphlets, trade catalogues, patents, trademarks, import/export documents and calendars from manufacturers and distributors of sewing machines. There is a substantial amount of material for each company with numerous visual images of machines.

The material is arranged into three series: Series consists of materials relating to Manufacturers and Distributors of Sewing Machines including

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:: Sewing Machines 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: Sewing Machines, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sewing

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8671a5825-c063-48de-8304-f62363f0e876

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-sewing

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Photography

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 6.79 Cubic feet (consisting of 11 boxes, 2 folders, 10 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 1 flat box, plus digital images of some collection material. )

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Ephemera; Business ephemera

Date:: circa 1871-1925

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Photography 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 primarily of catalogs, printed advertisements scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, price lists, bills/receipts, addresses, envelopes, advertising cards both for products and photographers, reports, photographs, descriptive circulars, leaflets, sales contracts, product manuals, periodicals, books, handbooks, guides, patents and order forms from manufacturers and dealers of photographic supplies and equipment. The different types of products include film, burnishing tools, cameras, camera lenses, magazine plate holders, photographic chemicals, magic lanterns, stereopticons and slides, photographic paper, daguerreotype apparatus', pressing machines and dry plates. Many of the companies sold other products such as photograph albums, books, views, photograph cards, reproductions and other photographic outfits.

There are numerous illustrations throughout this collection. A number of these images are of photographic products. These product illustrations are found primarily in trade catalogs, as well as on advertisements and price lists. Various images are of world sites and cities. There are numerous images of women, children, flowers and birds on photographer advertising cards and some catalogs from some of the manufacturers and dealers.

Researchers interested in material from photographic societies, organizations and associations will also find information in this collection. Such organizations include the Photographers Association of America, The Association of Heliographers, and various other groups formed on the state level. Most of the information relates to exhibits and conventions.

Publications pertaining to photography for the amateur and novice are in a variety of articles, reports, bulletins, periodicals, journals and handbooks. Instructional guides on using photographic products are also included, as well as discussions on many aspects of photography.

Most of the material found in this collection was published in English, however, several articles, books and reports were printed in German and French.

Manufacturers and dealers of photographic materials are in boxes one through seven and are arranged in alphabetical order by name of company. Box seven also includes photographers, instructors/schools and printing, developing, enlarging and copying houses. Box eight through nine is a continuation of the developing houses, general works, patents, import/export documents and related publications. Related publication s are organized by type and then alphabetically by name of publication.

Materials in the Archives Center:: Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Photography 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.

Topic:: Photography Search this

Genre/Form:: Ephemera; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Photography, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Photography

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Photography

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8be317b50-52a2-449f-847d-d7f0f8a43aaf

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-photography

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Scales

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.25 Cubic feet (consisting of 7 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Catalogs; Invoices; Business records; Advertising fliers; Publications; Advertising mail; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Business ephemera; Printed ephemera; Business letters; Exhibition catalogs; Receipts; Sales letters; Trade literature; Advertising; Sales records; Ephemera; Manuals; Business cards; Sales catalogs; Illustrations; Trade catalogs; Print advertising; Advertising cards; Technical manuals; Advertisements; Periodicals; Reports; Mail order catalogs; Catalogues; Letterheads; Trade cards; Photographs; Manufacturers' catalogs

Date:: undated; 1791-1943

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:: Scales contains business records and advertisements created by manufacturers and distributors of scales, as well as companies employed to weigh items for communities. Additional materials include scale design patents and educational material on weights and measures.

Extensive business documentation for the Riehlé Brothers is present. The Riehlé Brothers were a scale and testing-machine manufacturer based in Philadelphia. In 1865, Frederick Riehlé purchased two-fifths of interest in the Banks, Dinmore and Company and later helped coordinate the purchase of the Abbott Scale Works company. Frederick's brother Henry later purchased another three-fifths of interest in Banks, Dinmore and Company and the brothers changed the company name to the Riehlé Brothers in 1867.

Material concerning specific subject areas within the topic of scales provides a narrow window into the field of scales, weights, and measures but nonetheless a unique one. The subject category contains a broad view of the business of manufacturing scales and measuring goods for communities, as well as a small amount of social commentary on the necessity of the field in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Arrangement:: Scales is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Scales 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.

Topic:: Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Measuring instruments Search this; Measuring instruments industry Search this; Scales (Weighing instruments) Search this; Patents Search this; Retail trade Search this

Genre/Form:: Catalogs; Invoices; Business records; Advertising fliers; Publications -- Business; Advertising mail; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Business ephemera; Printed ephemera; Business letters; Publications; Exhibition catalogs; Receipts; Sales letters; Trade literature; Advertising; Sales records; Ephemera; Manuals; Business cards; Sales catalogs; Illustrations; Trade catalogs; Print advertising; Advertising cards; Technical manuals -- 20th century; Advertisements; Periodicals; Reports; Mail order catalogs; Catalogues; Letterheads; Trade cards; Photographs; Manufacturers' catalogs

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Scales, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Scales

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82ac49d9e-9fbf-498e-bd9b-8a065224839b

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-scales

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Seed Industry and Trade

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 9.87 Cubic feet (consisting of 21 boxes, 1 folder, 13 oversize folders, 7 map case folders.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Ephemera; Business ephemera

Date:: circa 1831-1981

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Seed Industry and Trade 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 note:: This material consists primarily of illustrated catalogues, bills/receipts, price lists, printed advertisements, advertising cards, almanacs, business cards, circulars, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, lithographs, seed packages, pamphlets and guides from companies involved in the seed industry and trade. These businesses include seed growers, merchants, nurseries, seed auctioneers, importers and exporters. The majority of these companies sold various types of field, garden and farm seeds mostly consisting of vegetables, flowers, fruits and herbs. Other types of seeds are bird and grass seeds. Bulbs, plants, gardening books, roses, ornamental trees, poultry food, shrubbery, fertilizers, agricultural and horticultural implements and machinery were also available. The agricultural and horticultural implements and machinery consist of ladies' and children's garden tools, hand weeders, seed sowers, horse hoes, eed drills, potato beetle destroyers, self-heating, soldering irons, showers, garden pumps, syringes, plant stakes, garden trellises, sun dials, pruners, fumigators, lawn mowers, knives, trowels, manure forks, furnaces, boilers, plows, harrows, wheelbarrows and corn planters. Diary implements such as thermometers, lactometers and scales appear occasionally.

There are a number of images included among these materials. The majority of these images are in catalogues illustrating fruits, vegetables and flowers. Seed packages are also profusely illustrated with products. Advertising cards generally depict products in a humorous setting. The most famous of these images are the vegetable people. Vegetables, fruits and flowers are depicted as people with such names as Miss Celery, Mr. Potato and Miss Carrot. Harvey Bros., R. D. Hawley, J. M. Phillips & Sons, Price & Knickerbocker, Jerome B. Rice, Charles Saul and Saul & Davis are among some of the businesses which used these advertising cards to sell their products. The subject category fertilizers also has some vegetable and fruit people. These vegetable people tend to use stereotypical images of various ethnic groups such as Native Americans as corn and African Americans as cotton.

Materials from associations and horticultural organizations such as the Luther Burbank Society are also included. Most of this material consists of membership information, pamphlets and monographs. Although most of the Luther Burbank Society's monographs discuss issues relating to the cultivation of plants, there are a number of these publications concerning what the society calls the "improvement of the human plant." Published in 1914, the monographs were not available for sale, instead they were issued to members of the Burbank society and to others only upon recommendation of members. Consisting of twelve titles in the series, which were issued monthly, topics included the laws of heredity, nurture versus nature, choosing children, bringing up the normal child, what to do with the sub-normal child, mental hygiene, the racial melting pot and the criminal type.

Most of the materials are organized by name of company and are in boxes one through eighteen. Generally publications and dates are listed under the company names. This does not imply that there are no other materials from that particular company. Box nineteen contains information on associations primarily the Burbank Society materials. Miscellaneous materials are also in box nineteen. These materials include information on fruit tree spraying, tree planting and Arbor Day, greenhouse heating and ventilating apparatus and general images. Related publications such as articles, booklets, pamphlets and books are found in boxes twenty through twenty-one. Such publications discuss topics relating to house plants, window gardens, food for plants, economic grasses, information on fertilizers and herbicides, evergreens in Scotland, flower gardens for country homes, chrysanthemums, common trees of New York and ornamental trees. These publications could not be identified with a company or association name and therefore are grouped together.

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:: Seed Industry and Trade 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:: Ephemera; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Seed Industry and Trade, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Seed

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Telephone

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.55 Cubic feet (consisting of 7 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversized folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Publications; Illustrations; Receipts; Business cards; Almanacs; Invoices; Correspondence; Business letters; Business ephemera; Sales letters; Manuals; Advertising fliers; Bills of sale; Commercial correspondence; Print advertising; Advertising mail; Sales records; Advertisements; Business records; Technical literature; Realia; Advertising; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Advertising cards; Technical documents; Periodicals; Legal documents; Patents; Letterheads; Printed ephemera; Ephemera

Date:: 1819-1974

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:: The subject category Telephone largely represents business records and advertisements created by telephone companies. Additional materials include telephone design patents, documentation about legal cases involving telephone companies, material concerning the technical functions of telephones, phone call etiquette, and the history and development of the telephone.

No expansive business documentation exists for any single telephone company within the records. Material concerning specific subject areas within the topic of telephones provide a diverse historical overview of the telephone's global implementation, as well as snapshots of every day attitudes towards the telephone. Patents and other legal documents are strongly represented in the collection, in addition to business records.

Arrangement:: Telephone is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Telephone 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.

Topic:: telephone -- Equipment and supplies Search this; Telephone communications Search this; telephone Search this; Telephone answering and recording equipment industry Search this; Telecommunication Search this; Communications Search this; telephone -- History Search this

Genre/Form:: Publications -- Business; Illustrations; Receipts; Business cards; Almanacs; Invoices; Correspondence; Business letters; Business ephemera; Sales letters; Manuals; Advertising fliers; Bills of sale; Commercial correspondence; Print advertising; Advertising mail; Sales records; Advertisements; Business records; Technical literature; Realia; Advertising; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Advertising cards; Technical documents; Periodicals; Legal documents; Patents; Letterheads; Printed ephemera; Publications; Ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Telephone, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Telephone

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Telephone

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-telephone

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 1.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Ephemera; Business ephemera

Date:: circa 1865-1933

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Laundry Machinery and Accessories 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 primarily of advertising cards, envelopes, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills, receipts, price lists, books, and printed advertisements from manufacturers and distributors of laundry machinery and accessories. Washing machines, wringers, dryers, mangles, irons, ironing boards, clothes pins, and hampers are among the items found in this subject area. The material dates from [1865?] – 1933, but the bulk of the material is late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Materials are organized by name of company. There are three folders of materials grouped by type: Patent and trademarks, related publications, and miscellaneous items.

Brand Name Index:: Brand Name :: Company Name :: Type of Product

A.B.C. :: Altorfer Bros. Co. Washer & :: Wringer

American :: George C. Paine :: Ironing Table

Anchor :: Lovell Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Anchor :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Atlantic :: M. A. Caldwell :: Washer

Bay State :: John C. Clapp :: Wringer

Boss :: Foley & William Mfg. Co. :: Washer

Boss :: Keystone Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Brass King :: National Washboard Co. :: Wringer

Challenge :: S. W. Palmer & Co. :: Washer

Conqueror :: Oliver Ames & Sons :: Wringer

Conqueror :: Charles W. Bassett :: Wringer

Crescent :: Saginsaw Mfg. Co. :: Washboard

Crown :: American Machine Co. :: Iron

Crown :: George Starrett :: Iron

Doty's :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Eagle :: Sterling Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Easy :: Syracuse Washing Machine Co. :: Washer

Eclipse :: Aetna Iron Co. :: Iron

Eclipse :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Elite :: Ellerman's :: Washer

Favorite :: R. M. Ball :: Washer

Metropolitan :: American Wringer Co. :: Mangles

Mitchell Improved :: E. R. Florence :: Washer

Modern :: Home Devices Corp. :: Washer

Mrs. Potts :: American Machine Co. :: Iron

North Star :: Pfanschmidt, Dodge :: Washboard

Northern Queen :: Fuller Bros. :: Washboard

Novelty :: Bailey Wringing Machine Co. :: Wringer

Ojoy :: Ellerman's :: Washer

Our Home :: Keystone Mfg. Co. :: Wringer

Pioneer :: W. W. Babcock Co. :: Ironing Board

Queen :: Knoll & Althouse :: Washer

Rightway :: American Gas Machine Co. :: Washer

Sprung Washer :: American Mfg. Co. :: Washer

Standard :: E. H. Huenefeld :: Washer

Star :: Knoll & Althouse :: Washer

Sterling :: Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk, & Co. :: Washer

Thor :: Hurley Machine Co. :: Electric Ironer

Thor :: Hurley Machine Co. :: Washer

Troy :: Nichols Mfg. Co. :: Iron

Union :: John Benker & Co. :: Washer

Universal :: American Wringer Co. :: Mangles

Universal :: Eclipse Wringer Co.

Universal :: Robert C. Reeves :: Wringer

Victor :: Robinson & Marriner :: Washer

Welcome :: Bailey Wringing Machine Co. :: Wringer

Western Star :: Anthony Wayne Mfg. Co. :: Washer

White Wire :: Hudson River Wire Mills:: Clothes Line

Wyandotte :: J. B. Ford Co. :: Cleaner

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:: Laundry Machinery and Accessories 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.

Topic:: Laundry Search this; Dryers Search this; Irons (Pressing) Search this; Ironing boards Search this; Washing machines Search this; Dry-goods Search this; Clothespins Search this

Genre/Form:: Ephemera; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Laundry

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-laundry

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 9.09 Cubic feet (consisting of 17.5 boxes, 1 folder, 19 oversize folders, 12 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Ephemera

Date:: 1851-1965

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: World Expositions 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 primarily of guide books, souvenir books, catalogs, brochures, maps, general images, lithographs, advertising cards, postcards, commemorative stamps, tickets and correspondence created for the World's Fairs. A few trade catalogs (Chicago, 1893), magazines, bubble gum cards (Chicago, 1933-1934) and photographs are also included in the materials. One remarkable item in the world exposition's material is a "peephole" paper toy viewer from the New York 1939-1940 fair.

The amount of material for each fair varies widely. Most of the fairs including Paris 1855, Lausanne 1857, Boston 1883-1884, Bordeaux 1895, Philadelphia 1899, Milan 1906, Albuquerque 1908 and Seattle 1962 have very little information. The Philadelphia 1876 and Chicago 1893 expositions, however, contain a substantial amount of material. A number of expositions are not included among the materials. The container list indicates which fairs the Archives Center has information on in this collection.

A number of the expositions were given a nickname, mostly as a result of the architecture dominating the fair. Examples of those nicknames include the White City (Chicago 1893), the Magic City (Omaha 1898), the Rainbow City (Buffalo 1901), the Ivory City (St. Louis 1904), the Jewel City (San Francisco 1915), and Treasure Island San Francisco 1939-1940).

The World Expositions tend to have a theme or celebrate a special event. "The Age of Steam" was the theme for the first world exposition, held in London in 1851. In 1876, the Philadelphia exposition celebrated a century of American independence. The common name was the "Philadelphia Centennial." The Chicago 1893 fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America and was referred to as the "World's Columbian Exposition." The Omaha exposition in 1898 is known as the "Invitation to Renewed Expansion of the West." Buffalo's theme in 1901 was "All Americas Exposition", demonstrating the cultural, commercial and technical progress of the Western Hemisphere. Expanding the West was the theme for the St. Louis fair in 1904 to celebrate the lOOth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. In 1915, San Francisco celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal. American independence was celebrated again in Philadelphia in 1926 marking 150 years. Chicago's fair in 1933-1934 was called "A Century of Progress" it was incorporated as a city in 1833. The exposition in New York in 1939-1940 had two themes: "Building a World for Tomorrow" in 1939 and "For Peace and Freedom" in 1940. San Francisco's world's fair in 1939-1940 also had two themes: "Dawn of a New Day" in 1939 and "Fun in the Fourties" in 1940. The theme for New York's exposition in 1964-1965, "Peace Through Understanding", celebrated the 300th anniversary of the naming of New York by the British and the 15th anniversary of the United Nations in New York City.

Researchers interested in women's history will find little information on that subject. Most of the expositions had a Women's building, however, there are only a few items referring to them in this collection. Such materials include a book from the Philadelphia 1876 fair which discusses women's work. Another book from the Chicago 1893 fair examines the art and handicraft in the Women's building. A pamphlet also from the Chicago fair contains the official minutes of the Board of Lady Managers.

The materials in boxes one through seventeen are organized in chronological order by the name of the location of the fair. A number of manufacturers and distributors of various products created advertising for the expositions. Such materials remain with those created about the fair. A photocopy of product advertising has been filed in the appropriate subject category in the Warshaw Collection. Box eighteen contains miscellaneous items that could not be identified with a particular exposition. Such materials include photographs, advertising cards and souvenir books.

Other collections in the Archives that relate to world expositions are the Orth and Zimm collections. The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940 primarily documents the general organization of the New York fair and specific national or corporate pavilions. Holdings include advertising and promotional literature, press kits, maps and official guides, photographs and brochures. Additional material includes scrapbooks, photo album, diaries, postcards and posters. Among the personal papers of Mr. Orth are correspondence and copies of the newsletter, Exposition Collectors and Historians Organization (ECHO). ECHO was organized by Mr. Orth in 1976 for collectors and historians of world's fairs and disbanded upon his death. This collection is stored off site. Researchers are requested to make an appointment to use the materials. The Zim Collection contains materials from a number of the world's fairs. These materials are also stored off site and researchers will need to make an appointment.

Materials in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History that relate to the world's fairs can also be found in its Library. The Library has both primary and secondary sources. All of the primary materials have been microfilmed. The library also contains a comprehensive collection of secondary sources on the expositions. Among the secondary sources is a publication The Book Fairs, Materials about World's Fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (1992).

Special collections (Dibner Library) contains about thirty very rare items from various world expositions mostly dating from the 1851 fair and those occurring in the 1880s. Such items are mostly coffee table books created about the fairs. Researchers will need to contact the Dibner library to make an appointment to see original materials.

The Museum's curatorial divisions hold a number of three dimensional objects relating to the fairs. For information on the objects researchers should contact the divisions.

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:: World Expositions 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: World Expositions, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.World

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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