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Curtis, in his biplane, just ready for fight, Long Island, New York. 11228 interpositive

Topic:
NEW YORK STATE--Miscellaneous
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Curtiss, Glen  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (4" x 5")
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Long Island (N.Y.)
New York
Local Numbers:
RSN 27825
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.58 [91].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Airplanes -- New York  Search this
Inventors -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 27741-27844
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2b4fe06-9cb4-43ce-83a8-6d4ca4a331d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref25582

Leo Baekeland Diary Volume 16

Author:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944  Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5".)
Container:
Box 19, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1914
Date:
1914 August 17-1914 December 31
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "I / Journal of / Dr. L.H. Baekeland / Yonkers, NY [sic] / August 17, 1914 / to December 31, 1914." The diary details Baekeland's daily activities. He writes often of his visits and discussions, and the subjects of correspondence he has written and received. It sheds light on the use and distance of travel by automobile in the early twentieth century. In the notes, Baekeland explains increasing time spent in the laboratory in 1913.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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:
Laboratories  Search this
Automobiles -- 1910-1920  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Family -- 20th century  Search this
Genre/Form:
Biographies
Diaries -- 20th century
Collection Citation:
Leo Baekeland Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Leo H. Baekeland Papers
Leo H. Baekeland Papers / Series 4: Diaries
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87fb26145-d96d-428f-aa48-9e0ac620a2ee
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0005-ref305
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Leo Baekeland Diary Volume 58

Author:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944  Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5")
Container:
Box 22, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Date:
1937 March 28-1938 September 11
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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:
Family -- 20th century  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries -- 20th century
Collection Citation:
Leo Baekeland Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Leo H. Baekeland Papers
Leo H. Baekeland Papers / Series 4: Diaries
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8874be797-7713-4276-b38c-a504d6070e96
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0005-ref347
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Inventors' Institute

Author:
American Industrial Company, Limited  Search this
Dwinelle, William Henry 1819-1896  Search this
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) Inventors' Institute  Search this
Physical description:
9 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1879
Topic:
Inventions  Search this
Call number:
T22.N7A512
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_105353

Edward Payson Baird: inventor, industrialist, entrepreneur. / by Leonard J. Schiff and Joseph L. Schiff

Author:
Schiff, Leonard J  Search this
Schiff, Joseph L  Search this
Subject:
Baird, Edward Payson 1860-1929  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 61 p. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1975
Topic:
Clock and watch makers  Search this
Call number:
TS544.8.B16 S3
TS544.8.B16S3
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_77553

The measure of Manhattan : the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor / Marguerite Holloway

Author:
Holloway, Marguerite  Search this
Subject:
Randel, John  Search this
Randel, John Influence  Search this
Physical description:
x, 372 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2013
C2013
19th century
Topic:
Surveyors  Search this
Surveying--History  Search this
City planning--History  Search this
Cartographers  Search this
Inventors  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1000982

Joseph Henry Builds Electromagnet for Penfield & Taft Ironworks

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Date:
June-July 1831
Topic:
Electromagnet  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Iron  Search this
New York (State)  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12467

Nikola Tesla, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Krsinic, Fran  Search this
Subject:
Tesla, Nikola  Search this
Medium:
Figure: bronze with patina; Base: marble
Culture:
Yugoslav  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Niagara Falls New York
Located Goat Island Park Niagara Reservation Niagara Falls New York
Date:
Dedicated July 23, 1976
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Science--Inventor  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Manuscript  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY000332
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_326282

Young Franklin, (painting)

Painter:
Perry, Enoch Wood 1831-1915  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Unlocated
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Science--Inventor  Search this
Control number:
IAP 34070096
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_281819

Catalogue of an exhibition illustrative of a centenary of artistic lithography, 1796-1896 : with 244 examples by 160 different artists, illustrated with 20 photo-engravings from the originals by Bonington, Cassatt, Chauvel, Daumier, Decamps, Engelmann, Fantin-Latour, Gavarni, Hanfsaengl, Homer, Jacque, Jacob, Millet, Newsam, Otis, Prout, Raffet, Vernet, and Wagenbauer

Author:
Grolier Club  Search this
Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC  Search this
Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) DLC  Search this
Former owner:
Levis, Howard Coppuck  Search this
Subject:
Senefelder, Alois (1771-1834)  Search this
Physical description:
[ii], 83 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1896
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Lithography  Search this
Senefelder, Alois  Search this
Lithographie--Bibliographie  Search this
Call number:
NE2275.N7G7X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_189658

New York interior design : 1935-1985 / by Judith Gura

Author:
Gura, Judith  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2008
20th century
Topic:
Interior decoration--History  Search this
Interior decorators  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_957816

Robert Fulton letter to Robert R. Livingston, dated New York, 29 August 1807

Correspondent:
Fulton, Robert 1765-1815  Search this
Addressee:
Livingston, Robert R. 1746-1813  Search this
Former owner:
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Author:
H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 sheet, folded (3 unnumbered pages) ; 33 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents)
Place:
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
New York (State)
Date:
1807
Topic:
River steamers  Search this
Steamboats--History  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002062 A
Restrictions & Rights:
Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101466

The motorcycle industry in New York State : a concise encyclopedia of inventors, builders, and manufacturers / by Geoffrey N. Stein

Author:
Stein, Geoffrey N  Search this
New York State Museum  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Encyclopedias
History
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
2001
©2001
Topic:
Motorcycle industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_620750

The devil's right hand : the tragic story of the Colt family curse / M. William Phelps

Author:
Phelps, M. William  Search this
Subject:
Colt, John Caldwell 1810-1842  Search this
Colt, Samuel 1814-1862  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
New York (State)
New York
United States
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Murder  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999413

Jan Vratislav Capek Ceskoamericky buditel, zuranalista a vynalezce .

Author:
Capek, Tomas  Search this
Physical description:
20 pages portrait 8vo
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
New York (State)
New York
United States
Czech Republic
Bohemia
Date:
1921
Topic:
Czech Americans  Search this
Editors  Search this
Immigrants  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Journalists  Search this
Call number:
T40.C36 C36 1921
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_286772

Claude a narrative portrait of Claude Debs written and designed by Warren Lehrer ; [with photographs by Jim Frank & Warren Lehrer]

Author:
Lehrer, Warren  Search this
Author:
Debs, Claude  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Physical description:
253 pages illustrations 27 x 11 cm
Type:
Biography
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Biographies
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Middle East
New York (N.Y.)
Paris (France)
France
Paris
Date:
1995
Topic:
Entrepreneurship  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Oral biography  Search this
Visual literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999547

An Oneida Indian in foreign waters : the life of Chief Chapman Scanandoah, 1870-1953 / Laurence M. Hauptman

Title:
Life of Chief Chapman Scanandoah, 1870-1953
Author:
Hauptman, Laurence M.  Search this
Subject:
Scanandoah, Chapman 1870-1953  Search this
United States Navy Machinist's mates  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
New York (State)
Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.)
Lenox (N.Y.)
Date:
2016
Topic:
Kings and rulers  Search this
History  Search this
Land tenure  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Mechanics  Search this
Indians, Treatment of  Search this
History, Local  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067431

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