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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Creator:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company  Search this
Author:
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884  Search this
Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878  Search this
Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Annual reports
Correspondence
Drawings
Glass plate negatives
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs
Tracings
Date:
1827-1987
Summary:
The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of correspondence, engineering drawings, notes, photographs, transparencies, negatives, glass plate negatives, printed materials, and newspaper clippings documenting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio in the 1960s.
Arrangement:
The records are arranged into ten series.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1827-1987

Series 2, Bridge Histories, 1867-1966

Series 3, President's Office, 1826-1880

Series 4, Correspondence, 1826-1859

Series 5, Business Records, 1894-1914, and undated

Series 6, Agreement, 1870

Series 7, Drawings, 1858-1957, and undated

Subseries 7.1, Indices and Lists, 1924-1943, undated

Subseries 7.2, Bailey's Station, 1887; 1899; 1901

Subseries 7.3, Baltimore Belt Railroad, 1895, undated

Subseries 7.4, Bay View and Canton Bridges, 1884-1885

Subseries 7.5, Big Seneca Creek Viaduct, 1905

Subseries 7.6, Bollman Bridges, undated

Subseries 7.7, Boyds, Maryland Station, 1886; 1927

Subseries 7.8, Bridewell Station, undated

Subseries 7.9, Bridges (general), 1893-1917

Subseries 7.10, Brunswick, Maryland, 1890-1907

Subseries 7.11, Building Materials List, undated

Subseries 7.12, Building Signs, 1911-1912

Subseries 7.13, Camden Station, 1881-1942 (not inclusive)

Subseries 7.14, Camden Station (related), 1881-1915

Subseries 7.15, Centenary Bridge Models, 1927

Subseries 7.16, Central Office Building, undated

Subseries 7.17, Chestnut Street Station, 1925-1952

Subseries 7.18, Coaling facilities, water tanks, turntables, and miscellaneous structures, 1888-1912

Subseries 7.19, Cumberland Station, 1910-1955

Subseries 7.20, Curtis Bay Branch, 1900-1911

Subseries 7.21, Frederick Station, 1908-1915

Subseries 7.22, Hyattsville Station, 1913

Subseries 7.23, Keedysville Station, undated

Subseries 7.24, Laurel Station, undated

Subseries 7.25, Ledger, undated

Subseries 7.26, Lieperville Station, 1889

Subseries 7.27, Locust Point, 1881-1957

Subseries 7.28, Maps, 1862; 1918

Subseries 7.29, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1913-1927

Subseries 7.30, Miscellaneous Buildings, 1875-1956

Subseries 7.31, Miscellaneous Large Photographs, undated

Subseries 7.32, Miscellaneous Structures, 1890-1916

Subseries 7.33: Mt. Clare (general)

Subseries 7.34, Mt. Clare New Blue Line Stable, 1899; 1905

Subseries 7.35, Mt. Clare New Car Shops, undated

Subseries 7.36, Mt. Royal Station, undated

Subseries 7.37, Newton Falls and Fairpoint, Ohio, 1909

Subseries 7.38, Patapsco River Bridge, 1883

Subseries 7.39, Plans for house no. 1846 (N. Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland), undated

Subseries 7.40, Point of Rocks Station, 1951

Subseries 7.41, Scales, 1903

Subseries 7.42, Signal towers, 1900-1908

Subseries 7.43, Stations (general), 1866-1907

Subseries 7.44, Sykesville Station, undated

Subseries 7.45, Untitled, undated

Subseries 7.46, Warnings, 1894-1911

Subseries 7.47, Woodstock Station, undated

Subseries 7.48, Miscellaneous (rolled), 1858-1930 (not inclusive)

Series 8, Photographs and Copy Prints, 1872-1980s (not inclusive)

Subseries 8.1, Photographs, 1872-1980s

Subseries 8.2, Copy prints, 1901-1931, undated

Subseries 8.3, Indices and Lists, 1909-1920

Series 9, Negatives, 1850-1983 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.1, Glass plate negatives (unidentified), undated

Subseries 9.2, Glass plate negatives (numbered), 1850-1957 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.3, Negatives by number, undated

Subseries 9.4, Negatives by location, 1870; 1978-1983

Subseries 9.5, Negatives by subject, 1922-1930s, undated

Series 10, Stations and Buildings, 1884-1982
Biographical / Historical:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the nation's first extensive steam powered railroad. It was founded by Baltimore merchants in 1827 as a means of promoting trade and making Baltimore competitive with other east coast ports. The original intent of the founders was to provide direct and fast access to the Ohio River, and the markets that the river reached. The railroad, however, went beyond the Ohio River and its lines went as far west as St. Louis and Chicago. The B&O was also known for its use of an electric locomotive in the mid 1890s. It also had a completely air conditioned train, and it was a forerunner in the use of diesel-electric locomotives. Company activities paralleled those of other American railroads and over the course of its life included expansion, near bankruptcy, innovations, regulations, and finally buy out. In February 1963, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) completed its purchase of the B&O. Today, B&O is part of the CSX Transportation (CSX) network.

John Work Garrett president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. He was the second son of Elizabeth Stouffer and Robert Garrett. He married Rachel Ann Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, a Baltimore merchant. They had one daughter, Mary and two sons Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett.

After attending Lafayette College (Pennsylvania) for two years John W. Garrett left in 1836 to become associated with his father's commission business in Baltimore. The commission house which dealt in wholesale groceries, produce, forwarding and a commission business expanded to establish direct connections with Latin America, seek outlets in Europe and develop its own banking operations. In time its financial operations overshadowed the commission and shipping business.

When John W. Garrett began to invest heavily in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock, the road was in competition with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the stock was not popular. Its value rose steadily over the years. Mr. Garrett was elected a director of the railroad in 1855. His report as chairman of a subcommittee on the need for additional funds to complete the line to the Ohio River led to his election to the presidency of the road on November 17, 1858, a position he held for 26 years. New policies with emphasis on economy, personal supervision and gradual expansion were inaugurated and consistently maintained, in spite of a general financial crisis, Mr. Garrett's first year in office showed a net gain in earnings.

Sympathetic to his southern friends during the Civil War, Mr. Garrett nevertheless supported the Union. He recognized the inevitability of Confederate defeat by superior northern resources. Confederate leaders blamed him for their inability to seize Washington and he received warm appreciation for his services to the Union cause from President Lincoln. The railroad stretched along the theater of war and twice crossed Confederate territory. It was, therefore, a main objective for southern attack. Branches were frequently damaged by Confederate raids, but the main line to Washington became important for the transport of troops and supplies. The Baltimore and Ohio carried out the first military rail transport in history and the transfer of 20,000 men from the Potomac to Chattanooga in 1863 was a major triumph for its president.

With the advent of peace Mr. Garrett turned to rebuilding and strengthening the railroad. He replaced equipment and track damaged by the war, then extended the system by securing direct routes to Pittsburgh and Chicago and arranging an independent line into New York. Wharves were built at Locust Point for ocean liners and a system of elevators erected. The B&O. built its own sleeping and dining cars, established hotels in the mountains and created its own express company. By 1880, after battles over rates with other trunk lines, a costly rivalry with the Pennsylvania Railroad over the eastern route and charges of discrimination against local shippers Mr. Garrett was at the height of his success. He cooperated in establishing the B. and 0. Employees Relief Association for accident and life insurance, a hospital system, saving and building funds, and arrangements for improving sanitation in the work place. He was on friendly terms with Johns Hopkins, a trustee of John Hopkins Hospital, and with George Peabody, founder of the Peabody institute of which he was also a trustee. Garrett County, Maryland was named in his honor.

John W. Garrett died on September 26, 1884 within a year of his wife's death in a carriage accident. During his connection with the railroad the stock increased from $57 to $200; at the outbreak of the Civil War the railroad was operating 514 miles of rail, gross earnings were $4,000,097 and net per mile was $4246.1 By 1864 gross earnings were $10,138,876 and net per mile, $7113.2 By the end of his presidency mileage had increased to 1711 miles and net earnings were $4535 per mile.3

References

1 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

2 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

3 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3
Related Materials:
Materials at Other Organizations

Maryland Historical Society

Baltimore and Ohio Museum
Provenance:
This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.
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:
Bridges  Search this
Construction  Search this
Engineering -- 19th century  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Repairing -- Railroads  Search this
Railway engineering -- 1860-1890  Search this
Genre/Form:
Annual reports
Correspondence -- 19th century
Drawings -- 1860-1890
Glass plate negatives
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs
Tracings
Citation:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1086
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e652d903-bb57-46a8-a205-c7cbfe89f444
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1086
Online Media:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.

Author:
Parke, Davis Company  Search this
Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
Names:
Pfizer Inc.  Search this
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis  Search this
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division  Search this
Davis, George S.  Search this
Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)  Search this
Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899  Search this
Extent:
365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Annual reports
Blueprints
Brochures
Catalogs
Correspondence
Employee records
Formulae, chemical
Lantern slides
Newsletters
Newspaper clippings
Notebooks
Price lists
16mm films
Sound recordings
Tracings
Trade literature
Date:
1866-1992
Summary:
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
Scope and Contents:
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin.

The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business history.
Arrangement:
Collection is divided into 13 series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951

Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970

Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989

Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980

Series 5: Photographs, 1866-1992

Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968

Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931

Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967

Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978

Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988

Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978

Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971

Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970

Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957
Historical:
Parke, Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company.

In 1907, Parke, Davis and Company bought 340 acres in northeast Avon Township, Michigan, and called it Parkedale Farm. The farm was dedicated on October 8, 1908, and included sterilization rooms and a vaccine propagating building. By 1909 the farm included 200 horses, 25 to 50 cattle, 150 sheep, and employed 20 men. The horses produced the antitoxin for diphtheria and tetanus, the cattle produced a vaccine for smallpox preventatives, and the sheep made serum. Only the healthiest animals were used and all were well cared for. Exotic plants were also grown on the site and used for drugs. Parke-Davis' chief products were antitoxins and vaccines as well as farm crops for feeding the animals. The farm continued to produce vaccines for diphtheria, scarlet fever, tetanus, smallpox, anthrax, and in the 1950s, the Salk polio vaccine.

Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Source

Rochester Hills Museum at Voon Hoosen Farm (last accessed on September 29, 2021 https://www.rochesterhills.org/Museum/LocalHistory/ParkeDavisFarm.pdf)

Parke, Davis and Company. Parke-Davis At 100...progress in the past...promise for the future. Detroit, Michigan, 1966.
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Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection

Trade catalogs related to Parke, Davis & Co.; Warner-Lambert; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; and Pfizer, Inc.

Materials at Other Organizations

Detroit Public Library, Special Collections

Parke, Davis & Company records, 1892-1959

Scrapbook of clippings, 1929-44; Excursions & Announcements, 1892-1902; and company newsletters.

University of California San Francisco

Drug Industry Documents was created by the University of California San Francisco Library in collaboration with faculty members C. Seth Landefeld, MD and Michael Steinman, MD. Originally established to house documents from an off-label marketing lawsuit against Parke-Davis (United States of America ex rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis), the archive has grown to include documents from additional sources illustrating how the pharmaceutical industry, academic journals and institutions, continuing medical education organizations and regulatory/funding agencies operate in ways that are detrimental to public health.
Separated Materials:
Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History

The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis that primarily include containers (boxes and glass bottles) that held phamrmaceuticals, biologicals (vaccines), crude drugs, and herb packages. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001.
Provenance:
The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982.
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:
advertising  Search this
Antibiotics  Search this
Architectural Blueprints  Search this
Biologicals  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Diseases  Search this
Drugs -- 1900-1950  Search this
Drug factories  Search this
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919  Search this
Laboratories  Search this
Medical scientists -- 1900-1950  Search this
Patents  Search this
Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950  Search this
Pharmacology -- 1900-1950  Search this
Photographs  Search this
Vaccines  Search this
Genre/Form:
Annual reports -- 20th century
Blueprints -- 20th century
Brochures -- 20th century
Catalogs
Correspondence -- 19th-20th century
Employee records
Formulae, chemical
Lantern slides -- 1900-1950
Newsletters -- 20th century
Newspaper clippings
Notebooks -- 1900-1950
Price lists
16mm films
Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel
Tracings
Trade literature
Citation:
Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0001
See more items in:
Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8869c518d-5cbd-42cf-b508-e688de3bf14d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0001
Online Media:

The courage of //kabbo celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Specimens of Bushman folklore edited by Janette Deacon and Pippa Skotnes

Editor:
Deacon, Janette  Search this
Skotnes, Pippa 1957-  Search this
Author:
Bleek, W. H. I (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel) 1827-1875  Search this
Lloyd, Lucy 1834-1914  Search this
Physical description:
455 pages illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles 25 cm
Type:
Folklore
Archives
Place:
Africa, Southern
Afrique australe
Southern Africa
Date:
2014
Topic:
Oral tradition  Search this
Curatorship  Search this
San (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Tradition orale  Search this
Conservation  Search this
conservation (process)  Search this
preservation (function)  Search this
preserving  Search this
Curating  Search this
conservation (discipline)  Search this
Anthropology--Private collections  Search this
San (African people)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160996

The girl in the photograph the true story of a Native American child, lost and found in America Byron L. Dorgan

Author:
Dorgan, Byron L  Search this
Physical description:
x, 196 pages 22 cm
Type:
Books
collective biographies
Biographies
Case studies
Études de cas
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Date:
2019
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
Indian youth--Social conditions  Search this
Indians of North America--Social conditions  Search this
Indians, Treatment of  Search this
Jeunesse des Peuples autochtones--Conditions sociales  Search this
Attitudes envers les Peuples autochtones  Search this
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Native Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162141

Dictionary for Ravenstail weaving techniques and instructions for a beginning project and a treasure pouch By Kay Parker, Mary Lou King, Marcia Stier, Marguerite Fiorella

Author:
Parker, Kay 1954-  Search this
Stier, Marcia  Search this
Fiorella, Marguerite  Search this
King, Mary Lou  Search this
Physical description:
109 pages in various pagings illustrations 28 cm
Type:
Patterns
Modèles
Place:
Alaska
Date:
2020
Topic:
Tlingit art  Search this
Haida art  Search this
Weaving  Search this
Hand weaving  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Art tlingit  Search this
Art haida  Search this
Tissage  Search this
Tissage à la main  Search this
Textiles et tissus  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162482

Japanese photography magazines, 1880s to 1980s Kaneko Rykichi, Toda Masako, Ivan Vartanian ; with contributions by Fujii Ykko, Inokuchi Yoshio, Nariai Hajime, Soeno Tsutomu

Author:
Kaneko, Ryūichi 1948-2021  Search this
Toda, Masako  Search this
Vartanian, Ivan  Search this
Fujii, Ykko  Search this
Inokuchi, Yoshio  Search this
Nariai, Hajime 1979-  Search this
Soeno, Tsutomu  Search this
Physical description:
499 pages illustrations (photographs) 29 x 26 cm
Type:
Sources
Place:
Japan
Japon
Date:
2022
20th century
19th century
20e siècle
19e siècle
Topic:
Photography literature--History  Search this
Photography--Periodicals--History  Search this
Littérature photographique--Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162937

Gertrude Stein

Artist:
Pablo Picasso, 25 Oct 1881 - 8 Apr 1973  Search this
Sitter:
Gertrude Stein, 3 Feb 1874 - 27 Jul 1946  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
100 × 81.3 cm (39 3/8 × 32")
Frame: 120.7 × 103.2 × 7 cm (47 1/2 × 40 5/8 × 2 3/4")
Type:
Painting
Place:
France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
Date:
1905-06
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Female  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Literature\Writer\Librettist  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Visual Arts\Art collector  Search this
Gertrude Stein: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number:
47.106 MMA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40cde8e6f-f38e-45c8-8288-40d489a8972f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_47.106_MMA

Self-Portrait

Alternate Title:
John James Audubon
Artist:
John James Audubon, 26 Apr 1785 - 27 Jan 1851  Search this
Sitter:
John James Audubon, 26 Apr 1785 - 27 Jan 1851  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher: 31.8 x 25.4cm (12 1/2 x 10")
Frame: 43.2 x 36.8cm (17 x 14 1/2")
Type:
Painting
Date:
c. 1822
Topic:
John James Audubon: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
John James Audubon: Male  Search this
John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Zoologist\Ornithologist  Search this
John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist  Search this
John James Audubon: Literature\Writer\Nature writer  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Ms. Elizabeth P. Barratt-Brown
Object number:
L/NPG.1.2012
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Exhibition:
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 124
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ebf4d53a-dc4f-425a-bafa-21e002d9f01f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_L_NPG.1.2012

Spiro Agnew

Artist:
Miggs Burroughs, born 1946  Search this
Sitter:
Spiro Theodore Agnew, 9 Nov 1918 - 17 Sep 1996  Search this
Medium:
Acrylic on board
Dimensions:
64.1cm x 48.2cm (25 1/4" x 19"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1973
Topic:
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Male  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Politics and Government\Government official  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Politics and Government\Governor\Maryland  Search this
Spiro Theodore Agnew: Military and Intelligence\Army  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC193
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Miggs Burroughs
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm479ffa7fe-8b9a-4b22-89ee-754ea3bf2366
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC193

Robert Coles

Artist:
Dennis Wheeler, born 1935  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Coles, born 12 Oct 1929  Search this
Medium:
Color photograph, watercolor and crayon on board
Dimensions:
Sight: 29.8 x 22.2cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/4")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1972
Topic:
Robert Coles: Male  Search this
Robert Coles: Literature\Writer  Search this
Robert Coles: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this
Robert Coles: Medicine and Health\Physician\Psychiatrist  Search this
Robert Coles: Medicine and Health\Researcher  Search this
Robert Coles: Pulitzer Prize  Search this
Robert Coles: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC311
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Dennis Wheeler
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Michel Guerard

Artist:
Bill Charmatz, 1925 - 11 Sep 2005  Search this
Sitter:
Michel Guerard, born 1933  Search this
Medium:
Tempera and ink on board
Dimensions:
56.5cm x 43.2cm (22 1/4" x 17"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1976
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Chef hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Vegetable  Search this
Interior\Kitchen  Search this
Food\Fruit  Search this
Equipment\Culinary Equipment\Food processor  Search this
Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass\Wine glass  Search this
Container\Pan\Saucepan  Search this
Michel Guerard: Male  Search this
Michel Guerard: Crafts and Trades\Culinary Arts\Chef  Search this
Michel Guerard: Literature\Writer\Cookbook  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC424
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Estate of Bill Charmatz
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Mario Puzo

Artist:
Braldt Bralds, born 1951  Search this
Sitter:
Mario Puzo, 1920 - 1999  Search this
Medium:
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
50.8cm x 40.7cm (20" x 16"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1979
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar  Search this
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Imaginary  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Dollar sign  Search this
Mario Puzo: Male  Search this
Mario Puzo: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this
Mario Puzo: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this
Mario Puzo: Oscar  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.82.TC132
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Braldt Bralds
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Chaos in Italy

Artist:
Dennis Wheeler, born 1935  Search this
Sitter:
Giulio Andreotti, 14 Jan 1919 - 6 May 2013  Search this
Enrico Berlinguer, 25 May 1922 - 11 Jun 1984  Search this
Medium:
Color photo collage on board
Dimensions:
40cm x 30.4cm (15 3/4" x 11 15/16"), Image
Type:
Collage
Date:
1978
Topic:
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Giulio Andreotti: Male  Search this
Giulio Andreotti: Literature\Writer  Search this
Giulio Andreotti: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
Giulio Andreotti: Politics and Government\Foreign leader\Prime Minister  Search this
Enrico Berlinguer: Male  Search this
Enrico Berlinguer: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.84.TC88
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Dennis Wheeler
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43ffb7ed7-c8d2-4684-bbfd-6e5e9d31ef8a
EDAN-URL:
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Berenice Abbott

Artist:
Isamu Noguchi, 17 Nov 1904 - 30 Dec 1988  Search this
Sitter:
Berenice Abbott, 17 Jul 1898 - 9 Dec 1991  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 35 × 22.9 × 24.8cm (13 3/4 × 9 × 9 3/4")
Base: 15.2 x 15.2 x 15.2cm (6 x 6 x 6")
With Socle: 50.2 × 22.9 × 24.8cm (19 3/4 × 9 × 9 3/4")
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1929
Topic:
Berenice Abbott: Female  Search this
Berenice Abbott: Literature\Writer  Search this
Berenice Abbott: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.86.140
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., New York
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Online Media:

Rush Limbaugh

Artist:
Kimberly Butler, born 1955  Search this
Sitter:
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, 12 Jan 1951 - 17 Feb 2021  Search this
Medium:
Color transparency (Fujichrome duplicate)
Dimensions:
12.4cm x 9.9cm (4 7/8" x 3 7/8")
Type:
Positive Transparency
Date:
1995
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Male  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Literature\Writer  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Performing Arts\Performer\Television personality  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Commentator\Political  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Commentator\Radio  Search this
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.97.TC16.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Kimberly Butler
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42f25e5f4-8e33-4d2a-9ea0-bd31ff7f3b3e
EDAN-URL:
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Kapa Pounding with Micah Kamohoali‘i: Preserving the Art of Hawaiian Bark Cloth

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:22:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
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Threads of Life: A Collaboration of African American Spirituals and Indian Dance

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:53:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_3a4cba84e0685151f54af126e2acc35a

[Trade catalogs from Thomas A. Edison, Inc.]

Company Name:
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.  Search this
Related companies:
Emark Battery Div. ; Edison Storage Battery Div. ; Edison Storage Battery Co. ... See also Edison Electric Light Co. ; Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co. ; Edison Portland Cement Co. ; Edison Electric Institute ; Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York ; Edison-Splitdorf Corp. ; Edison Mfg. Co. ; Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd. ; Edison Electric Pen & Writing Agency ; Edison Phonoplex ; Edison Co. for Isolated Lighting ; Edison Phonograph Works ; A.B. Dick Co. ; General Electric ; Edison Blue Amberol ; National Phonograph Co.  Search this
Notes content:
One item OVERSIZE - Music re-creation discs (unique item). Aircraft instruments ; automatic valves ; thermometers ; thermostats ; relays ; "EDiphones" electronic dictation machines ; Emark batteries ; radio receivers ; catalogs of record releases ; phonographs ; "Edison" steel alkaline storage batteries ; nickel, iron, alkaline storage batteries for industrial trucks, marine power, and light systems ; battery charge test forks ; electric safety mine lamps ; motorcycle batteries; Edison Blue Amberol records ; cylinder records ; projecting kinetoscopes
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
201 pieces; 7 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Orange, New Jersey, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Motorcycles  Search this
Office equipment and supplies  Search this
Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Air conditioning  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Cameras  Search this
Candles  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Heating  Search this
Heating and ventilation industry  Search this
Lamps  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Marine machinery  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Motorcycle supplies industry  Search this
Office equipment and supplies industry  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Photographic industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_14401
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_14401

[Trade catalogs from Macwhyte Co.]

Company Name:
Macwhyte Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Macwhyte Wire Rope Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Wire rope ; aircraft cable ; bridge cable ; elevator cable ; slings ; World War II wartime publications ; "Kilindo" non-rotating rope ; wire rope for well drilling ; wire rope for mining ; "Monarch Whyte" products ; wire rope for logging ; "Ropeol'ogy" company publication ; elevator rope ; control cable ; "Hi-Lastic" wire ; other wire rope products
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
476 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Lumber; logging; timber and forestry  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Forests and forestry  Search this
Gas well drilling  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Lumber  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Oil well drilling  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Timber  Search this
Water well drilling  Search this
Well drillers  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_29148
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29148

[Trade catalogs from American Hoist and Derrick Co.]

Company Name:
American Hoist and Derrick Co.  Search this
Related companies:
American Terry Derrick Co. (NJ) ; Crosby-Laughlin Div. (Fort Wayne, IN)  Search this
Notes content:
Cranes/excavators (locomotive, revolving, crawling, backhoe, shovel), hoists (derrick, tower, elevator), winches, marine deck equipment, mixing machinery, asphalt paving machinery, material elevators, winches, car pullers, ditchers, pile drivers, snowplows, wire rope, tackle blocks, pumps, dredging equipment, swaging systems, material elevators. Crane and dragline ; clamshell cranes ; wire rope blocks ; wire rope blocks and sheaves ; crane blocks ; American Gopher shovel ; drop forged fittings for wire rope and chain...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
40 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_37370
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_37370

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