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Episode 270

Collection Producer:
Lodge, Arthur  Search this
Arthur Lodge Productions.  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers  Search this
Extent:
1 Motion picture film
Container:
Reel AC0507-OF0270
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Motion picture films
Date:
1955 December 17
Scope and Contents:
Ohio Research on glass and glass production. Owens Illinois Technical Center, Toledo, OH.

Massachusetts Suburban growth. Need for schools, fire departments and police. Route 128 Industrial Development, Boston, MA.

Pennsylvania Machines make machines. Using molds. Blaw Knox Co. Pittsburgh, PA.

California Manufacturing Geiger counters. Fisher Research Lab, Inc., Palo Alto, CA.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees will be charged for reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
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Industry on Parade Film Collection
Industry on Parade Film Collection / Series 1: Motion Picture Films
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b8545a6d-8a18-4180-9153-9f2443226219
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0507-ref516

Photographic History Collection: September 11th

Object Name:
September 11th Collection
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
United States: Virginia, Arlington
United States: Pennsylvania
Associated Place:
United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
United States: New York, New York City
United States: Pennsylvania
United States: Virginia, Arlington
Date made:
2001
Subject:
September 11 Terrorist Attacks  Search this
Related event:
September 11th Attacks  Search this
ID Number:
COLL.PHOTOS.000030
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-5f98-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1341566

Carlisle Jaycees Project Jim Thorpe: Correspondence and Additional Information

Collection Creator:
Thorpe, Grace F.  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 20
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1969
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Grace F. Thorpe Collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Grace F. Thorpe Collection
Grace F. Thorpe Collection / Series 5: Jim Thorpe and His Legacy
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv498bdc151-c63d-44bc-9dfb-26a25dd98c64
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-085-ref143
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West Point, U. S. Military Academy

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 34, Folder 17
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1907-1909
Scope and Contents note:
See also: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.1: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c362b751-b516-448a-80d5-50687c13b9fc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref598
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Jack Robrecht Collection of Firefighting Photographs

Collector:
Robrecht, Jack  Search this
Extent:
1.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Postcards
Photographs
Date:
1852 - 1983
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains primarily photographs and postcards relating to firefighting. Many of the photographs are of firefighting vehicles and apparatus, both horse-drawn and gasoline-powered. The cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore are especially well documented, though other cities are represented, including Hamilton, Ohio; Camden, New Jersey; Dallas, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Portland, Maine; New Orleans, Louisiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Newburyport, Massachusetts; and Flemington, New Jersey.

Series 1, Photographs, consists primarily of black-and-white and color, both original and copy prints, illustrations, and postcards depicting images of fire engines, firefighters, fireboats, fire stations, and firemen and fire equipment in parades. The photographs are arranged in numerical order (for example, JR-2) as assigned by Jack Robrecht, who assembled the materials. The other number system included the designation "V 408." This alpha-numeric number was applied by the Cigna Museum which held the materials prior to their donation to the National Museum of American History. Many of the images are heavily annotated by Robrecht, providing specific details about a fire engine, geographic location, and date. There are some membership cards, envelopes, and a Christmas card depicting images of fire equipment. Two inventories for the photographs are available. The inventories provide an object/photograph number, artist/photographer, title/caption, genre/classification, date and dimensions.

Series 2, Research Files, 1852-1983, consists almost exclusively of handwritten and typescript photocopies of fire-related documentation assembled by Robrecht. Included are sheet music, lists of statistics for fire alarms, inventories of equipment in parades, newspaper clippings, and an ink sketch of a fire ladder.

Series 3, Publications, [1859?]-1975, consists of original and photocopies of various fire-related publications. The only non fire-related publication is The Grace Log, a publication of Grace Line.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1, Photographs, 1880-1972

Series 2, Research Files, 1852-1983

Series 3, Publications, [1859?]-1975
Biographical / Historical:
Jack Robrecht (1916?-1993) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Joseph's Prep and attended the University of Pennsylvania. Robrecht worked for thirty-one years at the chemical testing laboratory of Atlantic Refinery. He retired in 1978. Robrecht always wanted to be a firefighter, but missed qualifying due to the age limit. Undeterred, Robrecht spent much of his life from 1941-1993 as a volunteer historian for the Philadelphia Fire Department. He was also a collector, author, and photographer of fire-related materials.
Related Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Fires and firefighting (series), circa 1821-1955. (AC0060)

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Fires and firefighting: stereographs, ca. 1875-1888. (AC0060)

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Inventions: stereographs, 1880s. (AC0060)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, [Fire-fighters working water pump: Active no. 1810. photonegative] 1926. (AC0143)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, [Fire fighters in action.] 2031 photonegative. (AC0143)

Frank Seymour Firefighting Ephemera Collection (AC1232)

Materials at the Division of Home and Community Life, National Museum of American History

The Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds fire-related artifacts. See Accession numbers 2005.0233; 2005.0279; 2006.0247; 2007.0160; and 2007.0174.
Provenance:
The collection was donated by CIGNA through Roxanne Korostowski, Director, Relocation Services on August 19, 2005.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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:
Fire stations  Search this
Fire engines  Search this
Firefighters  Search this
Fire departments -- Pennsylvania  Search this
Fire departments -- Maryland  Search this
Fire extinction  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1950-2000
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1900-1950
Citation:
Jack Robrecht Collection of Firefighting Photographs, 1852-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1231
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep803dadd18-a9e9-4c81-879d-f968d891740d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1231
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Frank Seymour Firefighting Ephemera Collection

Donor:
CIGNA  Search this
Collector:
Seymour, Frank  Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Articles
Postcards
Illustrations
Prints
Date:
1852 - 1957
Summary:
The collection documents firefighting and fires in American history through newspaper and magazine illustrations, ephemera, and photographs. The emphasis is on large urban fires (New York City and Chicago) and industrial fires in the northeastern United States. There are some illustrations of cartoons, rescues, poems, fires on ships and clippings about great floods in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Scope and Contents:
The collection documents firefighting and fires in American history through newspaper and magazine illustrations, ephemera, and photographs. The emphasis is on large urban fires (New York City and Chicago) and industrial fires in the northeastern United States. There are some illustrations of cartoons, rescues, poems, fires on ships and clippings about great floods in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

Series 1, Newspaper clippings, 1852-1933, consists primarily of illustrations and text from Harper's Weekly, but other publications represented include Collier's Weekly, Harper's New Monthly MagazineIllustrated London News, Leslie's Weekly, Gleason's Pictorial, and Scientific American. The clippings are arranged geographically by state and city. The majority of the clippings relate to fires, firemen, fire engines, and parades featuring fire equipment. There is one folder that relates to a fire on the steamship Bienville, an explosion of the H.L. Cotton, as well as the floods. There is some ethnic imagery depicting John Bull during the Civil War and antislavery movement in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania folder.

Series 2, Illustrations, [1939?], consists of printed color illustrations of fire engines from Kenneth Holcomb Dunshee's book, Enjine! Enjine! published by Howard Vincent Smith of New York in 1939. The illustrations are arranged in an alphanumeric system (FS 105) assigned by Frank Seymour.

Series 3, Photographs and Ephemera, 1957 and undated, consists of primarily black-and-white photographs of engines, horse-drawn fire ambulances, a dog-drawn fire hose, an auction program for the Joseph L. Hallett Firemanic Collection, and a brochure for the National Fire Museum, Inc. of South Carver, Massachusetts. There is one color photograph of Ellie Mazur, undated.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1, Newspaper Clippings, 1852-1933

Series 2, Illustrations, [1939?]

Series 3, Photographs and Ephemera, 1957 and undated
Related Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Fires and firefighting (series), circa 1821-1955.(AC0060)

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Fires and firefighting: stereographs, circa 1875-1888 (AC0060)

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Inventions: stereographs, 1880s (AC0060)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, [Firefighters working water pump: Active no. 1810. photonegative,] 1926. (AC0143)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, [Firefighters in action.] 2031 photonegative. (AC0143)

Jack Robrecht Firefighting Photographs (AC1231)

Materials at the Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life), National Museum of American History

The Division of Home and Community Life holds fire-related artifacts. See Accession numbers: 2005.0233; 2005.0279; 2006.0247; 2007.0160; and 2007.0174.
Provenance:
Donated by CIGNA through Roxanne Korostowski, Director, Relocation Services on August 19, 2005.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Firefighters  Search this
Ships -- Fires and fire prevention  Search this
Fire extinction  Search this
Fire departments  Search this
Disasters  Search this
Fires  Search this
Fire engines  Search this
Genre/Form:
Articles
Postcards
Illustrations
Prints
Citation:
Frank Seymour Firefighting Ephemera Collection, 1852-1957, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1232
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f73bbd90-c8bc-460b-b629-48824ebf11ef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1232

Hurst Power Rescue Tool (Jaws of Life)

Maker:
Hurst  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 34 in x 15 in x 9 in; 86.36 cm x 38.1 cm x 22.86 cm
Object Name:
rescue tool
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Warrington
Date made:
1977
Credit Line:
Gift of the Carlsbad Fire Department
ID Number:
2012.0110.01
Accession number:
2012.0110
Catalog number:
2012.0110.01
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
Transportation
Road Transportation
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-aa27-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1431924
Online Media:

Folklore in Your Community

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The Folklore in Your Community featured several presentations based in communities of the Washington, D.C. area.

Vietnamese Americans For refugees, community is an immediate concern. Vietnamese were the newest wave of refugees to American shores, plucked from their families and communities very suddenly with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Cultural change in Vietnamese American communities was rapid; in some families the grandparents spoke little English in 1979 and the grandchildren spoke little Vietnamese. Nonetheless, the traditional pattern persisted of three generations of an extended family living and working together. In Vietnamese terms, a family consists of passing on responsibility and gratitude from generation to generation. Arriving with fragments of their families and communities, the Vietnamese in Washington, D.C., had by 1979 vigorously woven a network of community activities through neighborhood grocery stores, restaurants, Buddhist temples, Catholic organizations, a bistro, Vietnamese language schools, senior citizens' groups, and newspapers.

D.C. Fire Fighters Since the first horse-drawn fire engines clanged down a city street, fire fighting has been an urban service occupation that continued to generate a feeling of romance and respect. Yet beyond the excitement and pride felt by those who advance the hose lines, make the rescues or throw the ladders, there are a variety of techniques, customs, gestures, and stories that form the work culture passed from one generation of fire fighters to the next. Fire fighting is dangerous and filled with sharp contrasts. Danger must be anticipated; life or death situations require all the knowledge and skill an individual can muster. A fire fighter prepares for this every day through training, experience, and the collective knowledge of past generations of fire fighters communicated through occupational folklore, represented at the Festival by workshops demonstrating the skills and lore of District of Columbia fire fighters.

CB Community Viewed broadly, the CB community included anyone who had and used a CB (Citizen's Band) radio. But for many CBers in the D. C. area, two way radio was more than an occasional convenience to help drivers. It formed the basis of an ongoing and richly-interactive community. CB people met and socialized over the radio and at CB events; they created informal networks and organized special clubs, such as the Legal CB Operators of America who helped prepare this year's CB presentation for the Folklife Festival. CB aficionados invited Festival visitors to learn their special jargon and to eavesdrop on the life of their community.

Street Criers and Corner Stores The places where cultures meet to do business with one another produce some of our most vital folk expressions. At markets where Italians sell to Jews, where blacks sell to Chinese; in streets where itinerant peddlers make their neighborhood stops, vendors combine talent, tradition, and business sense to sell their goods. Two programs focused on this domain: one looked at neighborhood and corner stores and the role they played for their proprietors, neighbors, and customers, and the other looked at the verbal arts of vendors and sellers - the cries and pitches of fish vendors, fruit peddlers, and others who used their skills to attract customers and to close a deal.
Participants:
Baseball Players Washington Senators

Jim Hannan, 1940-, Annandale, Virginia

Charles Hinton, 1934-, Washington, D.C.

Jackie Jenson, 1927-1982, Scottsville, Virginia

Jim Lemon, 1928-2006, Hyattsville, Maryland

Walter Masterson, 1920-2008, Woodville, Virginia

Mickey Vernon, 1918-2008, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Citizen Band Radio Operators

Ryan J. Arata (Maine Yankee), 1930-, Annandale, Virginia

Teri Barron (Wacky Witch), 1945-, Arlington, Virginia

Nicholas H. Bocher (Two Plus), 1941-, Annandale, Virginia

Chick Heerlein (Chick-Mar), 1914-2002, Annandale, Virginia

Ralph D. Kuser (Red Pony), 1943-, Arlington, Virginia

Jessie E. Spells (Delta Man), 1928-, Arlington, Virginia

Fire Fighters

District of Columbia Fire Fighters' Association, Local 36, D.C. Fire Department

Gospel Singers

D.C. Blind Gospel Singers, Washington, D.C.

Independent Church of God Choir, Washington, D.C.

Rose Bud Singers, Washington, D.C.

Sincere Gospel Aires, Washington, D.C.

Wilson Harmonizers, Washington, D.C.

Market Vendors

Chris Calomiris, Silver Spring, Maryland

Merhle E. Dutrow, Damascus, Maryland

Ella Lovett, 1930-2003, Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Rorie, Oxon Hill, Maryland

Gregg Taylor, Washington, D.C.

John W. Thomas, 1916-1987, Temple Hills, Maryland

Neighborhood Store Owners

Bianca and Valerio Calcagno, Va-Ce Italian Delicatessen, Washington, D.C.

Edward F. Dillon, Washington, D.C.

Mollie and Joseph Muchnick (1953-), Silver Spring, Maryland

Andrew Wallace, Washington, D.C.

Sarah Weisfeld (1910-2001), Alfred Weisfeld (1904-1998) and Marshall Weisfeld (1945-), Washington, D.C.

Stone Carvers

Carlo Donofrio, stone cutter, Clinton, Maryland

Roger Morigi, 1907-1995, Hyattsville, Maryland

Vincenzo Palumbo, 1936-2000, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Constantine Seferlis, 1928-2005, Garrett Park, Maryland

Frank Zic, 1909-1995, Holliswood, New York

Street Hawkers

Paul Diggs, Baltimore, Maryland

Walter Kelly, Baltimore, Maryland

Lincoln Rorie, Oxon Hill, Maryland

Jerry Williams, 1954-, Onancock, Virginia

Taxi Cab Drivers

Nick Aravanis, Washington, D.C.

Ruby Burnside, 1914-2000, Washington, D.C.

Bob Chapman, Washington, D.C.

Arthur Elms, 1928-1994, dispatcher, Washington, D.C.

Moe Gershenson, 1905-1984, Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Vietnamese Community

Le Thi Bai, narrator, costume, Washington, D.C.

Nguyen Ngoc Bich, 1937-, games leader, festival organizer, Springfield, Virginia

Huynh Kim Chi, musician, Middlesex, New Jersey

Tranh Dinh De, Maryland, narrator, acupuncture, Falls Church, Virginia

Reverend Thach Giac Due, narrator, Buddhism, Washington, D.C.

Vu Thi Dung, games leader, Arlington, Virginia

Hien Nguyen Gia, musician, Washington, D.C.

Hang Phan Hoang, cook, Bowie, Maryland

Dao Thi Hoi, cook, Springfield, Virginia

Truong Cam Khai, 1906-, calligrapher, painter, Arlington, Virginia

Nguyen Van Minh, lacquerware maker, Springfield, Virginia

Le Thanh Nghiem, narrator, costume, Washington, D.C.

Phan Bach Ngoc, silk flower maker, Falls Church, Virginia

Than Nguyen, narrator, immigrant experience, Springfield, Virginia

Nguyen Kim Oanh, musician, Alexandria, Virginia

Ho Thien Tam, musician, Falls Church, Virginia

Tam Vi Thuy, musician, Fairfax, Virginia

Ai Thi Tong, narrator, foodways, Washington, D.C.

Minh Nguyet Vu, narrator, immigrant experience, Arlington, Virginia

Ngo Vuong Zoai, musician, Alexandria, Virginia
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1979 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1979, Series 5
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Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk580235d55-5933-4084-8425-f69a217dfcd3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1979-ref40

Obituaries

Collection Creator:
De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2007
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
Collection Citation:
Roy De Forest papers, 1916-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Roy De Forest papers
Roy De Forest papers / Series 1: Biographical Material
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9371409f7-438e-474c-be89-db9df494d412
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-deforoy-ref22
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Fred Wiseman Scrapbook

Creator:
Wiseman, Frederick J., 1875-1961  Search this
Names:
Early Birds of Aviation (Organization).  Search this
Wiseman-Peters (Fred Wiseman and J. W. Peters) (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this
Extent:
0.59 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Tickets
Correspondence
Clippings
Date:
1909-1968
bulk [ca. 1910s, 1950s]
Summary:
Fred Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan. On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. After the 1911 season, Wiseman gave up flying.

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Arrangement:
Materials are in the order the donor attached them to the scrapbook. Correspondence is often located within the envelope that is attached to the scrapbook. Some materials are loose and have been left in the arrangement in which they were found, unless a portion of a newspaper article could be matched to its other parts.
Biographical / Historical:
Fred Wiseman (1875-1961) was born in Santa Rosa, California, and after attending local schools he engaged in both the bicycle and automotive businesses. Wiseman won considerable fame racing Stoddard-Dayton cars on the West Coast as well as in the Chicago area. He became interested in aviation after attending the Wright brothers' homecoming celebration in 1909 and the first Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field in 1910.

After these two events, Wiseman was convinced he wanted to learn to fly and so he returned to his home in Santa Rosa and persuaded Ben Noonan to put up $10,000 to build a plane. Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. (The first air mail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office in Washington, D.C., took place on September 23, 1911, when Earle Ovington carried mail from Garden City, Long Island, to Mineola; and the first continuously scheduled U.S. air mail service began on May 15, 1918, with routes between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.)

During 1911, Wiseman had an active season of exhibition work, including flying for one week at the California State Fair. However, after this season Wiseman gave up flying because he thought there was no future in it. He sold his plane and returned to the automobile business. He later worked for Standard Oil Company of California. Wiseman was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pilots who flew solo in an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916.

Weldon Cooke, another pioneer aviator from California, bought and modified the Wiseman-Peters aircraft, renaming it the Wiseman-Cooke. Cooke flew the Wiseman-Cooke for exhibition and air mail flights. The Wiseman-Cooke aircraft is currently part of the Smithsonian Institution's collections.
Provenance:
No donor information, Gift?, unknown, XXXX-0618, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Automobile racing  Search this
Air mail service  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this
Airplane racing  Search this
Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this
Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (1910)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Tickets
Correspondence
Clippings
Citation:
Fred Wiseman Scrapbook, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0618, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0618
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1a6ef9c-06ed-414f-adc3-98f31de066e0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0618
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The Crisis Vol. 10 No. 1

Published by:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.1 x 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
May 1915
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
Object number:
2012.84.14
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd567045fa8-542b-4ac7-86d4-bfcc7f2e6d84
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.84.14
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The Crisis Vol. 8 No. 5

Published by:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
September 1914
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
Object number:
2012.84.20
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ceda8b56-ee04-4c55-a522-9b9a3f5555b4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.84.20
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  • View <I>The Crisis Vol. 8 No. 5</I> digital asset number 1

The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1

Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Subject of:
The Crisis, American, founded 1910  Search this
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
National American Woman Suffrage Association, American, 1890 - 1920  Search this
Henry Ossian Flipper, American, 1856 - 1940  Search this
Hampton University, American, founded 1868  Search this
Coralie Franklin Cook, American, born 1861  Search this
Written by:
James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938  Search this
Anna Howard Shaw, American, 1847 - 1919  Search this
Carrie Chapman Catt, American, 1859 - 1947  Search this
Mary Garrett Hay, American, 1857 - 1928  Search this
Illustrated by:
Laura Wheeler Waring, American, 1887 - 1948  Search this
Frank Walts, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W: 9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.1 × 17.5 cm)
H x W (Open): 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.1 × 34.6 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
Date:
November 1917
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Military  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Race riots  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Suffrage  Search this
U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this
Women  Search this
Women's organizations  Search this
World War I  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2015.97.15.5
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b5b84115-5a09-4173-b63d-d5e2e5fb6df4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.15.5
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  • View <I>The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1</I> digital asset number 1

Columbia Hose Company Fire Hat

Associated:
Columbia Hose Company  Search this
Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
painted (overall production method/technique)
fabric, pressed felt (overall material)
red (underbrim; edge; trim color)
gold (decoration color)
paint (overall material)
blue (overall color)
Measurements:
overall: 6 1/2 in x 13 1/8 in x 14 5/8 in; 16.51 cm x 33.3375 cm x 37.1475 cm
Object Name:
hat, fire
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
1810-1860
Subject:
Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols  Search this
Fire Fighting  Search this
Fraternal Associations  Search this
Related Publication:
McCosker, M.J.. The Historical Collection of the Insurance Company of North America
Credit Line:
Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
ID Number:
2005.0233.0030
Catalog number:
2005.0233.0030
Accession number:
2005.0233
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
Cultures & Communities
Clothing & Accessories
Fire Hats
Work
Firefighting Collection
Art
Exhibition:
Always Ready: Fighting Fire in the 19th Century
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0309-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1318658
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Montgomery Hose Co.]

Variant company name:
Established 1847. For more information see: Norristown Fire Department http://www.norristownfd.org/zzmontgomery.php  Search this
Company Name:
Montgomery Hose Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Montgomery Hose & Steam Fire Engine Co. ; Norristown Hose Co. [?]  Search this
Notes content:
The Events of a Century and a Quarter of the Montgomery Hose & Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 1 1847-1972" history of fire company , also with summaries of major fires in area .
Includes:
Trade catalog and histories
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Firefighting and fire engines  Search this
Topic:
Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_32079
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_32079

[Trade catalogs from National Foam System, Inc.]

Company Name:
National Foam System, Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
foam fire protection equipment ; "National-Fomon" generators ; foam chemicals ; chemical engines ; hand chemical extinguishers ; Fomon fire department extinguishers ; carbon dioxide fire protection equipment ; manual for operating Aer-O-Foam Systems
Includes:
Trade catalog and manual
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Firefighting and fire engines  Search this
Topic:
Chemicals  Search this
Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_32928
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_32928

Two objects bring the history of African American firefighting to light

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:30:23 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_e6edcda69090bb8b4c4ed4cca1aac9dc

Large Girls Quarters & Fire Department, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.

Graphic Artist:
Trimmer's Busy 5 & 10¢ Store  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 8.7 cm x 13.8 cm; 3 7/16 in x 5 7/16 in
Object Name:
postcard
Object Type:
Photomechanical Relief Processes
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Carlisle
Date made:
circa 1916
ca 1916
Subject:
Native Americans  Search this
American Indians  Search this
ID Number:
2011.0018.01
Accession number:
2011.0018
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-87c4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1405300
Online Media:

Colonel George Faulkner Hopper

Depicted (sitter):
Hopper, George F.  Search this
Maker:
Lewis, R. A.  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 3 31/32 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.0838 cm x 5.9944 cm
Object Name:
carte-de-visite
photograph
Object Type:
Carte-Visite
Place made:
United States: New York
Date made:
1861-1865
Subject:
Civil War  Search this
Related event:
Battle of Antietam, 1862  Search this
Civil War  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of M.W Seville
ID Number:
PG.003955R
Accession number:
117896
Catalog number:
3955R
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Photographic History
Seville Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-63e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1414090
Online Media:

Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, of the Fire Zouaves.

Depicted:
Ellsworth, Elmer E.  Search this
Maker:
Magee, John L.  Search this
Physical Description:
ink (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 12 1/2 in x 10 in; 31.75 cm x 25.4 cm
Object Name:
Lithograph
Object Type:
Lithograph
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
1861
Subject:
Civil War  Search this
Chronology: 1860-1869  Search this
Uniforms, Military  Search this
Fraternal Associations  Search this
Related event:
Civil War  Search this
Credit Line:
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
ID Number:
DL.60.3213
Catalog number:
60.3213
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
American Civil War Prints
Art
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-fa45-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_325469

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