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Company Name:

Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Shelton Looms.  Search this

Notes content:

Two pamphlets on history of company, history of cloth making. A unique set of 21 6"x8" cards with photographs of workers at each step of cloth making process including warpers, beamers, harness and loom preparers, weavers, twisters, colorists, and dyers, finishers, designers.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

7 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

New York, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Textiles and textile machinery  Search this

Topic:

Textile fabrics  Search this

Textile machinery industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_8099

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_8099

Variant company name:

New York, NY ; Boston, MA ; Pittsburgh, PA ; Chicago, IL  Search this

Company Name:

Goulds Pumps, Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Pumps: rotary pumps, stuff pumps, mine pumps, piston pumps, sump/bilge pumps, plunger pumps, air pressure and vacuum pumps, fire pumps, centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, pyramid pumps, sewage pumps, hand and power air pumps, pipe line pumps; pump units, parts and supplies; plumbing tools, pipe and pipe fittings, sinks, urinals, cesspools, bells, skeins, spittoons, well supplies; jacks, wrenches, plates, bolts, jack and press screws, filter points, cylinders; hydraulic machinery, fire engines, hoses and belting, hose couplings, spray pipes, hand and power sprayers, nozzles and fittings; oil and fuel purifiers, boilers, gas heaters and fixtures, radiators, hydrants and street washers ... this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

4 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Seneca Falls, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Gas well drilling  Search this

Oil well drilling  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Water well drilling  Search this

Well drillers  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_43396

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_43396

Author:

Drake, Lincoln  Search this

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 7.5" x 10".)

Type:

Archival materials

Business letters

Business records

Correspondence

Date:

1861

June 22, 1861

Scope and Contents:

Holograph letter from Lincoln Drake to P. Whitin and Sons, June 22, 1861. Stationery contains color image of U.S. flag and a short patriotic poem. Drake is making machine parts for textile manufacturing machinery for two competing companies, and writes that he can produce only three castings per day. The content of the letter does not relate directly to the war.

Partial transcription: Lincoln Drake to P. Whiten and Sons / Your favor of the 20th instant has come to hand and contents [where] you say you have not [received] [last] 21 of the 36 [?] of the April order. I sent 31 on May 27th and 21 on June 6. I hardly know how to send the castings. J. L. Whiten wishes his immediately {] {] {] from them also. I make 3 [pieces] per day. Have not [] [] If I had another [] I could make 6 per day but three is as many as can be made from one pattern. I wish to accommodate both parties and will do my best to do it if you see how I am. / I made 3 pieces

Local Numbers:

AC0060-0001195a (AC Scan No.: front and back of folded letter)

AC0060-0001195b (AC Scan No.: inside pages of folded letter)

General:

In Civil War series, Box 1, Folder 14.

Civil War Selections from the Archives Center

Related Materials:

Civil War series, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Series Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Series 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:

Castings  Search this

Textile fabrics  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Flags -- United States  Search this

Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Patriotism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business letters

Business records -- 1840-2000

Correspondence -- 1850-1900

Series Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

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

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Civil War / Government Records, Business Records, and Other / Civil War

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d70bb221-4dbe-4ee0-aa61-4f7559318c39

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-civilwar-ref571

Creator:

Perkins, James Secor  Search this

Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924  Search this

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)

5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videotapes

Betacam sp (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works)

Date:

1907-2000

bulk 1911-1924

Summary:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. As scientific managers, the Gilbreth's introduced new techniques to analyze work, the workplace, and work practices with the goal of eliminating waste to maximize productivity. The collection illustrates these new techniques and their application to a wide variety of studies. The collection is diverse and provides insight into understanding how Gilbreth approached his studies. Also included are slides documenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Series 1, Background Information, 1892-1997, includes biographical materials about Frank B. Gilbreth; copies of some of Frank Gilbreth's patents, 1892-1916; and printed materials, 1907-1997, that contain articles, newspaper and magazine clippings about Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and time and motion study generally. Black-and-white photo prints of Gilbreth or work Gilbreth documented from collections held at Purdue University and Ohio State University are included.

Series 2, Glass plate stereo slides, 1910-1924, consists of approximately 2,250 glass stereo slides photographed by Frank B. Gilbreth and others and intended for viewing through an optical viewing machine. Some are positive black and white, positive color, and negative black and white. The subject matter of the slides covers the work undertaken by Frank Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Many of the images serve as documentation for the studies the couple performed as they were hired by firms in an attempt to provide solutions to the problems of inefficiency. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

The slides are numbered sequentially. For example, a glass plate slide numbered 318949.001 will have a corresponding photoprint 318949.001 in Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides. Note: not all glass plate slides have corresponding photoprints. Additionally, there are Office of Photographics Services, Smithsonian Institution negative numbers assigned to many of the photo prints.

Some subject categories include:

Frank B. Gilbreth: working in motion laboratories, on factory inspections, seated in offices, with family and friends, in World War I uniform, watching and monitoring shop operations.

Lillian M. Gilbreth: with family, during university graduation ceremonies, traveling and working with Frank and observing office workers.

Gilbreth Family: family on the road in an automobile, at home seated around the dinner table, in the parlor, in the garden, and with friends and relatives.

Gilbreth ship travel: contains views on steamer voyages to Europe, deck scenes, arrivals, departures, ship officers and crew, and other passengers.

Automobile assembly study: internal and external views of a warehouse/factory, including large piles or rows of metal car frames and other parts.

Benchwork study: images of a male worker standing or sitting in a chair while filing an object secured in a vice at a workbench.

Betterment: images of efforts whcih contributed to industrial betterment (the Gilbreth chair, employee library, and the home reading box).

Bricklaying study: view of men wearing overalls and caps, shoveling, and men laying bicks.

Business and apparatus of motion study: views of lectures, meetings, film showings, demonstrations, charts, drawings, motion models, charts amd some equipment.

Disabled study: views of partially blind World War I veterans, amputees using special tytpewriter, assembling machinery, use of cructhes, and a one armed dentist.

Factory bench work: table-top machines assembly operations, hand tools, orderly arrangement of parts prior to and during assembly and a variety of bench vises.

Factory documentation: various images of the interior and edterior of factories including heavy machinery.

Golfing study: various cyclegraphs of a man swinging a golf club.

Grid boards: back drops used by Gikbreth to isolate and measure worker motions. This includes walls, floors, desktops, and drop cloths divided into grids of various densities and scales.

Handwriting and cyclegraphs: finger lights moving in patterns of script.

Ladders: include step ladders and painters' ladders shown in use near shelving.

Light assembly study: wide variety of images ranging from cyclegraphs of women working, to the factory floor as well as tools and machinery.

Materials handling study: different angles of an empty cart, a cart oiled high with boxes, and a man pushing a cart illustrating different body positions.

Military study: illustrate work on the Army foot meausring machine, gun parts, men holding a rifle.

Motion models: images of simple wire motionmodels.

Needle trade study: views of textile machinery and workers.

Office study: various shots inside of an office with tables, desks, drawers, files, and typewriters. Some of the images are cyclegraphs of femal and male workers performing tasks, such as writing, both tin the context of an office as well as in front of a grdidded background. There are several close-ups of an organizer containing penciles, paperclips, pins and rubberbands.

Packing: methods of placing and arranging goods in boxes, such as soap packing.

Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915: contains views of statuary, fountains, and architecture of the exposition held in San Francisco.

Pure light cyclegraphs: no workers or grids visible only finger lights in motion.

Rubber stamping study: hand movements and access to ink pads and stamps.

Scenic views: views of buildings, landscapes, street scenes, and fountains from around the world documenting Gilbreth's travels.

Shoe making study: laboratory studies of shoe assembly operations with an emphasis on workers access to component pieces.

Shop machinery: various shots of machines and workers working with machines.

Signage: include organizational flow charts, shop floor plans, route maps, office layouts, numbering systems, exhibit display boards illustrating Frank Gilbreth's efficiency studies and techniques.

Stacking: views of the art and science of stacking boxes, clothing, equipment, containers, and vertical storage without shelves.

Stock bins: consists of storage pips, paper, other raw materials, shelves, and corridoe shots.

Storage: images illustrate contrast between old techniques and new.

Surgical and dental studies: thester views of surgeons, assistants, nurses, hand motions in grasping, placing surgical instruments, dental work and self inspection of teeth.

Tool cribs: storage of hand tools in shops with an emphasis on easy access and easy inventorying.

Typing study: various views of femaile s under observation using Remington typewriters.

Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides, 1910-1924, consist of black and white photoprints of the glass plate slides depicting the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

Series 5, Stereographs,1911-1914,

Series 6, Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 2000, and undated, is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated; Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1968 and undated; and Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990,. 2000 and undated. The series contains several formats: 7" open reel-to-reel audio tape, 1/2" VHS, Beta Cam SP, DVD, audio cassette, one inch audio tape, and 16 mm film.

Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1967-1968 and undated, consists of supplemental documentation for the film, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." Specifically, there are brochures and other printed materials detailing what the film is about and how copies may be obtained. This subseries also contains a copy of the book Cheaper by the Dozen, 1948. The book was written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and tells the biographical story of Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their twelve children. The book was adapted to film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950.

Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1967, consists of one title, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." The film materials consist of the film's production elements: 16 mm black and white negative A-roll; 16mm black-and-white negative B-roll; and the optical track negative. Each is 800 feet in length.

The film presents a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1919 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study was developed. Demonstrates motion and fatigue study, skill study, plant layout and material handling, inventory control, production control, business procedures, safety methods, developing occupations for the handicapped, athletic training and skills, military training, and surgical operations as researched and developed by Gilbreth. Points out that Gilbreth created entirely new techniques on how to improve industrial efficiency, while at the same time significantly improving conditions for the workers. The film was produced by James S. Perkins in collaboration with Dr. Ralph M. Barnes and with commentary by Liilian M. Gilbreth and James S. Perkins. The film was presented on December 3, 1968 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting in New York. The formats for this title include: 16 mm, Beta Cam SP, and DVD. Additionally, there is a one inch audio tape recording for the film.

Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000 and undated consist of a Smithsonian radio program titled "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," from 1980 and an recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Casey discussing Gilbreth Family photographs from 2000. Hosted by [Ann Carroll?], "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," featured Fred and Bill Gilbreth discussing their parents Frank and Lillian, Gilbreth, and the book Cheaper by the Dozen. The radio program coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the American Society of Mechancial Engineers (founded 1880)of which Lillian Gilbreth was the Society's first female member and showcased a single case exhibition at the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) titled "Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: Motion Engineers." Inside Smithosnian Radio was a weekly program produced by the Office of Telecommunications. The recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was recorded on July 9, 2000 and documents Ms. Carey's identification and discussion of Gilbreth Family photographs. David Ferguson assisted in the discussion. A hard copy index to the photographs Ms. Carey discusses is available.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Background Materials, 1892-1997

Subseries 1.1: Frank B. Gilbreth, undated

Subseries 1.2: Frank B. Gilbreth patents, 1892-1916

Subseries 1.3: Printed Materials, 1907-1997

Series 2: Glass Stereo Slides (Positive), 1910-1924 and undated

Series 3: Photo prints of glass stereo slides, 1910-1924 and undated

Subseries 3.1: Photo Print Books, 1-9, undated

Subseries 3.2: Photo prints (duplicates), undated

Series 4: Stereo Autochromes, undated

Series 5: Stereograph Cards, 1911-1914

Series 6: Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 1990, 2000 and undated

Subseries 6.1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated

Subseries 6.2: Moving images, 1968 and undated

Subseries 6.3: Audio recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000, and undated

Biographical / Historical:

Frank Gilbreth is best known for his work on the efficiency of motion. Working with his wife and professional partner Lillian Moller Gilbreth, he applied modern psychology to his work with management. His innovative motion studies were used on factory workers, typists and the disabled. Gilbreth established the link between psychology and education to be succesful management.

Frank Gilbreth was born in Fairfield, Maine on July 7, 1868. His parents, John and Martha Bunker Gilbreth were New Englanders. John Gilbreth ran a hardware business, but died when Frank was only three. Bearing the responsibilty of raising her children alone, Martha moved the family twice in search of quality education for her children. Ultimately she decided to school the children herself. In 1885, Frank graduated from English High School in Boston. Despite gaining admission into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank opted to enter the work world immediately as a bricklayer's apprentice with Whidden and Company, building contractors in Boston.

Smart and skilled, Gilbreth worked his way up in the company. He learned the trade quickly and soon was promoted to supervisor, foreman, and finally to the position of superintendent. To further his edcuation, he went to night school to study mechanical drawing.

At the age of 27, Gilbreth embarked upon his first business venture. He started his own contracting firm. His firm developed a fine reputation for quality work at a very rapid pace. He invented tools, scaffolding, and other contraptions to make the job easier. His company goals included the elimination of waste, the conservation of energy, and the reduction of cost. His work included canals, factories, houses, and dams. His clients came from all parts of the United States, and he performed some work in England.

In 1903, Frank Gilbreth met Lillian Moller (1903-1972) and married her on October 19, 1904. Lillian graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA (1900) and MA (1902). She later earned a Ph.D from Brown University (1915), earning a dissertation titled The Psychology of Management. Lillian's academic work, large family and integral role in Frank's consulting business kept her busy. Her contributions to the business led to a greater understanding of an individual's welfare in the work world. This becamme a key idea to increasing productivity through scientific management techniques.

Working together, the couple became leaders in the new field of scientific management. They published books, gave lectures, and raised tweleve children together: Anne, Mary (1906--912), Ernestine, Martha, Frank Jr., William, Lillian, Frederick, Daniel, John, Robert and Jane. Some of Gilbreth's books include Fields System (1908); Concrete System (1908); Bricklaying System (1909; Motion Study (1911); and Primer of Scientific Management (1911). Gilbreth co-authored with Lillian: Time Study (1916); Fatigue Study (1916); Applied Motion Study (1917); and Motion Study for the Handicapped (1919).

It wasn't long before Gilbreth moved away from construction. Together with his wife, they focused on the link between psychology and motion. With her strong psychological background, and his interest in efficiency, the Gilbreth's opened the School of Scientific Management in 1913. The school was in session for four years. Numerous professional attended the school, and soon the Gilbreth's had established a reputation as consultant's to the new field of scientific management.

In 1912, Frank won a contract with the New England Butt Company in Providence, Rhode Island. There he installed his system of scientific management in a factory setting for the first time. Contracts with the Hermann-Aukam handkerchief manufacturing company in New Jersey and the Auergessellschaft Company in Germany followed. Using motion study, Gilbreth studied and reoganized the factories, attempting to find "the one best way" to do work.

Gilbreth traveled to Germany to continue his work was a scientific manager. He visited factories and hospitals, working to improve procedures and eliminate waste. Using micro-motion study and the chronocyclegraph procedure, he analyzed and dissected motion, discovering therblings, the seventeen fundamental units of any motion. World War I slowed Gilbreth's progress abroad, so he focused his consulting business on firms n the United States.

After World War I, Gilbreth's business thrived. in 1920, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers instituted its Management Division, something Gilbreth had been demanding for years. He was now a famous American engineer, gaining financial rewards as as professional honors.

Frank Gilbreth died suddenly of a heart attack on June 14, 1924, still in the middle of three contracts. He was honored after his death in 1944 by the American Society of Engineers and the American Management Association with the Gant Gold Medal. After Frank's death, Lillian moved the family to California where she continued to work on efficiency and health in industry issues. She was a respected buiness woman and was hired by several companies to train employees, study working conditions, and reduce fatigue. She lectured at several universities (Newark College of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin), and joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1935 as the first woman professor in the engineering school.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth often used their large family (and Frank himself) as guinea pigs in experiments. Their family exploits are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen, written by Frank Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Related Materials:

Material in Other Institutions

Purdue University, Archives and Special Collections

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, 1869-2000

The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career.

Collection of materials related to Lillian Gilbreth, 1964-2006

One folder of items relating to the life of Lillian Gilbreth, and her family, collected by her granddaughter, Lillian (Jill) Barley and Nancy Weston. Materials include clippings relating to the Lillian Gilbreth postage stamp (1984); obituaries and memorial programs for Peter Barney, Ernestine Carey, Lillian Gilbreth, Anne Gilbreth Barney, Charles Carey, and Frank Gilbreth Jr.; programs and photographs relating to Lillian Gilbreth's visit to Athens in 1964; and biographical information on Lillian Gilbreth.

Cornell University, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

Frank Gilbreth Papers on Microfilm, Collection Number: 5424 mf

Selected papers pertaining to industrial engineering. Original materials are held by Purdue University. Microfilm copied purchased from Purdue University in April 1968.

Provenance:

The collection materials were donated by several individuals: New Jersey Institute of Technology (1975); Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., (1980); Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1995); Daniel B. Gilbreth (1998); and James Secor Perkins in 2001.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 2: Glass Stereo Slides are restricted. Boxes 3-9 were digitized in 2021. Researchers must use digital copies. 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:

Motion study  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Machine shops  Search this

Industrial management  Search this

Industrial films  Search this

Industrial engineering  Search this

Genre/Form:

Videotapes

BetaCam SP (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1930-1950

Citation:

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0803

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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a48e652d-6387-4a23-98c0-299772c454d5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0803

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 12, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1942

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Lee Ya-Ching Papers

Lee Ya-Ching Papers / Series 2: Professional

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29e88526f-9151-49c1-b55b-04e5f0f91295

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref117

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

4.81 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Advertising fliers

Exhibition catalogs

Sales records

Manuals

Annual reports

Print advertising

Blotters (writing equipment)

Publications

Business records

Business cards

Sales letters

Letterheads

Legal records

Photographs

Catalogs

Commercial catalogs

Catalogues

Printed materials

Receipts

Advertising cards

Mail order catalogs

Illustrations

Technical reports

Trade cards

Legal documents

Printed material

Trade catalogs

Periodicals

Technical manuals

Patents

Commercial correspondence

Invoices

Advertising

Sales catalogs

Advertising mail

Advertisements

Ephemera

Reports

Business ephemera

Trade literature

Manufacturers' catalogs

Business letters

Instructional materials

Printed ephemera

Correspondence

Date:

1834-1965

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

Covers a variety of tools, hand tools, and machinery including cutters, dies, measurement tools, rules, lathes, crimping devices, clamps, drills, and related precision tools.

Materials represent a sampling of merchant and services transactions, but there are no full business records for any single entity. This category has a large volume of catalogues present and a few examples of industry reports and technical documentation.

With the industries and trades represented in this category, there is significant overlap with Hardware, Instruments, and Mensuration.

Arrangement:

Tools is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Tools is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Machine-tools  Search this

Manufacturing industries  Search this

Tool makers  Search this

Manufacturing  Search this

Pipe  Search this

Manufacturing processes  Search this

Hardware stores -- 1870-1880  Search this

Machine-tool industry  Search this

Woodworking machinery -- 1830-1960  Search this

Light machinery  Search this

Tools  Search this

Hardware stores -- 1860-1870 -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Machine shops  Search this

Consumer goods -- Catalogs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertising fliers

Exhibition catalogs

Sales records

Manuals

Annual reports

Print advertising

Blotters (writing equipment)

Publications -- Business

Business records

Business cards

Sales letters

Letterheads

Legal records

Photographs

Catalogs

Commercial catalogs

Catalogues

Printed materials

Receipts

Advertising cards

Mail order catalogs

Illustrations

Technical reports

Trade cards

Legal documents

Printed material

Trade catalogs

Periodicals

Technical manuals -- 20th century

Patents

Commercial correspondence

Invoices

Advertising

Sales catalogs

Publications

Advertising mail

Advertisements

Ephemera

Reports

Business ephemera

Trade literature

Manufacturers' catalogs

Business letters

Instructional materials

Printed ephemera

Correspondence

Citation:

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

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tools

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tools

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fa1598e9-2925-4cc5-a7bc-4af23f3bb786

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-tools

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

0.72 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Date:

1841-1941

undated

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Industrial Equipment forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

This material consists primarily of catalogs and price lists, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, receipts and some printed advertisements from manufacturers and distributors of industrial belting.

Most of the belting described is made of leather but there are some references to rubber and cotton belting. The material dates from about 1860 to 1915 but the bulk is nineteenth century.

Materials are organized by name of company. There is no more than one folder of material for any company. There also are four folders of material grouped by type: belting accessories, import/export documents, patents and related publications.

Materials in the Archives Center:

Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Industrial Belting is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Leather  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Tanning  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Citation:

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

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.IndustrialBelting

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Industrial Belting

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e06810fb-3075-4115-9f8a-b22dd9f9a5b4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-industrialbelting

Creator:

Anacostia Museum  Search this

James, Portia P.  Search this

Reinckens, Sharon A.  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, 1852-1889  Search this

Rillieux, Norbert, 1806-1894  Search this

Temple, Lewis  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Extent:

3 Video recordings (open reel, 1 inch)

3 Video recordings (VHS)

1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)

Type:

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Documentary films

Narration

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Date:

circa 1990

Scope and Contents:

The exhibition, The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, included three short documentary films: Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Norbert Rillieux. Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale provides an overview of early 19th century whaling industry and tools, including the toggle head harpoon invented by blacksmith Lewis Temple. The short documentary about Jan Matzeliger provides an overview of the shoe industry and shoe making, including the refining of Matzeliger's idea and success of his shoe-lasting machine. The short documentary about Norbert Rillieux covers the history of sugar production and manufacturing from early sugar processing through the development of Rillieux's sugar refining process and the installation of Rillieux's device at Theodore Packwood's Myrtle Grove Plantation. All three documentaries provide historical background of three inventors' families and life, respectively.

Short documentary films. Part of The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930 Audiovisual Materials. AV000926 includes all three short films, dated 19910606. AV003326 includes Norbert Rillieux only (film image direction is sideways), dated 19890505. AV003324: Jan E. Matzeliger, undated. AV003433: outtakes, edited voiceover narration by Portia James for Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale, dated 19890517. AV000226: loop tape of Norbert Rillieux with captions, undated. AV000227: loop tape of Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale with captions, dated 19920526. AV000228: loop tape of Lewis Temple and Hunting the Whale with captions, undated.

Biographical / Historical:

The exhibition - The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930 - focused on outstanding black inventors, as well as anonymous innovators, who, as slaves, craftsmen and workers, made important contributions to the United States. Included are actual inventions, such an Jan Matzelieger's "shoe-lasting" machine, which revolutionized shoe production, and Garrett Morgan's safety hood and automatic traffic signal, forerunners of the modern gas mask and traffic stop light. The exhibition examines such topics as African influences on Colonial technology and how the slave system stymied technological innovation. Individual inventors such as Lewis Temple, Elijah McCoy, James Forten, and Norbert Rillieux are profiled. Also featured are artifacts from some of the expositions of the late 19th-century, which celebrated this new surge of black inventiveness. The exhibition was curated by Portia James and organized by the Anacostia Museum. It was held at the museum from May 1989 - May 1990.

Local Numbers:

ACMA AV003326

ACMA AV003324

ACMA AV003433

ACMA AV000226

ACMA AV000227

ACMA AV000228

Series Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American inventors  Search this

Inventors  Search this

Inventions  Search this

Technology  Search this

Technological innovations  Search this

Whaling  Search this

Shoe industry  Search this

Shoe machinery industry  Search this

Shoemaking  Search this

Sugar  Search this

Sugar -- Manufacture and refining  Search this

Sugar machinery  Search this

Patents  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Slaves  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Documentary films

Narration

Citation:

The Real McCoy: Lewis Temple, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Norbert Rillieux, Exhibition Records AV03-026, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

ACMA.03-026, Item ACMA AV000926

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The Real McCoy: Afro-American invention and innovation, 1619-1930 exhibition records

The Real McCoy: Afro-American invention and innovation, 1619-1930 exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-026: The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930 audiovisual records

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa791d31b9c-dd46-436e-8b85-301dcd6ab575

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-03-026-ref506

Creator:

Kronenberg, Max, 1894-  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry  Search this

Extent:

1.3 Cubic feet (4 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Charts

Technical reports

Technical drawings

Trade literature

Diagrams

Laboratory notes

Articles

Date:

1954-1971

Scope and Contents:

This collection includes technical reports containing laboratory notes, charts, graphs, drawings, and diagrams relating to Kroenberg's career as a researcher and analyst in the field of machining of metals from the 1920s to the 1960s. The papers are in English, in Kronenberg's native German as well as in French, Russian and Spanish. They relate to his employment with the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., as well as his later career as independent consultant, including his work on United Nations studies of the machine Industry in developing countries.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Max Kronenberg was born in Berlin, Germany in 1894 and was educated there. He served in the German Army in World War I. Returning to Berlin he completed his higher education earning a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Berlin in 1927. He served as a professor there, but later moved to the U.S. where he was employed by the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. in 1936. He specialized in developing techniques for machining of metals and became internationally known in the field, publishing more than 140 papers on those subjects in several languages. In 1941 he became a naturalized U.S. citizen and in 1945-1946 was consultant to the Secretary of War. Later he assisted the U.S. delegation to the U.N. and received numerous honors and awards from technical associations and societies. From 1948 he was self-employed as a consulting research engineer. He died in 1972 in Cincinnati.

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition is unknown.

Restrictions:

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:

Machining  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Charts

Technical reports

Technical drawings

Trade literature

Diagrams

Laboratory notes

Articles

Citation:

Max Kronenberg Papers, 1954-1971, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0813

See more items in:

Max Kronenberg Machining Science Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8550674c2-57db-42d0-babe-2eededf724d2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0813

Creator:

Halkett, James Nicol, 1895-1953  Search this

Names:

Crowe Name Plate Manufacturing Company  Search this

General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division  Search this

Extent:

2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Black-and-white photographs

Laboratory notebooks

Letters

Reports

Test reports

Date:

1924-1951

Summary:

The collection documents the life and work of engineer and inventor James Nicol Halkett.

Content Description:

The collection documents the life and work of engineer and inventor James Nicol Halkett. The collection includes blueprints, photographs, his notes about machines, papers relating to his work with Crowe Name Plate Manufacturing Company, papers relating to his work in time and motion studies while employed at the Fisher Body plant, lab notes, notebooks with some illustrations, formulas, reports, brochures from the machine companies, and trade literature such as brochures and catalogs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series.

Provenance:

Collection donated to the Archives Center by Kim Gillet, Muffie Austin, Jan Truitt and Scott Halkett in 2018.

Restrictions:

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:

Industrial engineering  Search this

Industrial management  Search this

Industrial productivity  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Metallurgical engineers  Search this

Motion study  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs

Laboratory notebooks

Letters

Reports

Test reports

Citation:

James Nicol Halkett Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1455

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b69cc145-7f25-43ad-9bce-cf95be94f37b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1455

Company Name:

Weaver Mfg. Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Weaver Canadian Co. Ltd. (Chatham, Ont.)  Search this

Notes content:

Automobile repair equipment; hydraulic jacks, alignment racks, pneumatic hammers, wheel pullers, hydraulic presses, hydraulic lifts, grease guns, wheel alignment equipment, wheel balancing equipment, electric tire groovers, exhaust analyzers, wrecking cranes, air compressors, tachometers, car washing equipment, headlamp testing equipment, equipment for saftey inspection stations. Garage equipment for Ford...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

22 pieces; 3 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_27650

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27650

Company Name:

Cummins Engine Co., Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Flxible Corp. (Delaware, OH) ; Cummins Diesel Export Corp. ; Acason-Miller Diesel Sales Co. (Denver, CO) ; Cummins Gas Engines, Inc. (El Paso, TX)  Search this

Notes content:

Diesel engines: industry, automotive, marine. Heavy duty for construction, mining, industry. Automotive, pleasure boat, diesel marine engines ; small diesels. Lightweight, high-speed diesel engines for on- and off-highway trucks, buses, tractors, earthmovers, shovels, cranes, industrial locomotives, air compressors, logging yarders and loaders, drilling rigs, centrifugal pumps, generator sets and power units, work boats and pleasure crafts. Manuals, specifications, blueprints.

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual and photographs

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

195 pieces; 5 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Columbus, Indiana, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  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

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Refinery equipment  Search this

Road building machinery and equipment  Search this

Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Barrels  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Bottling  Search this

Construction equipment  Search this

Earthmoving machinery  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Forests and forestry  Search this

Gas well drilling  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Lumber  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Mining machinery industry  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Motors  Search this

Oil field equipment and supplies industry  Search this

Oil well drilling  Search this

Petroleum industry and trade  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Road machinery  Search this

Roads -- Design and construction  Search this

Ships  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_12455

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_12455

Company Name:

Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Gilbarco ; Ballard Oil Burner Division ; Standard Oil Co. ; Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Toronto, Canada)  Search this

Notes content:

Gas-making machine for lighting. Oil burners and furnaces ; air conditioning ; furnaces for carbonizing, annealing and general heat treating. Service station equipment: gasoline pumps, underground storage tanks. Court decision in Gilbert & Barker vs. Rex, et. al and Gilbert & Barker vs. Automatic Heating and Lighting Co. ; company history/timeline: http://www.gilbarco.com/Company/timeline.cfm

Includes:

Trade catalog and histories

Black and white images

Physical description:

21 pieces; 3 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Air conditioning  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Candles  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Heating  Search this

Heating and ventilation industry  Search this

Lamps  Search this

Lighting  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Ventilation  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_17249

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_17249

Company Name:

Tokheim Oil Tank & Pump Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Tokheim Corp.  Search this

Notes content:

traffic signal systems ; "Stationliter," pump & light combination for gas stations ; oil storage equipment ; self-measuring pumps & distributing systems ; service station pumps ; storage and dispensing equipment for farms, factories, and service stations ; solid-state modular electronic marketing system modules

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

9 pieces; 3 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this

Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Retailers equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Agricultural implements  Search this

Agricultural machinery  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Calculators  Search this

Candles  Search this

Coal  Search this

Dairying  Search this

Farm equipment  Search this

Fuel  Search this

Lamps  Search this

Lighting  Search this

Measuring instruments  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Petroleum  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Retail trade equipment industry  Search this

Weighing instruments  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_25507

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25507

Variant company name:

Philadelphia, PA  Search this

Company Name:

American Steam Pump Co.  Search this

Notes content:

marsh deep well pumping engines ; combined air and feed pumps

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

2 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Engines  Search this

Gas well drilling  Search this

Motors  Search this

Oil well drilling  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Water well drilling  Search this

Well drillers  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_36169

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_36169

Variant company name:

New York, NY  Search this

Company Name:

Mack Trucks, Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Fire Engine Div. ; International Motor Truck Corp. ; International Motor Co. ; Signal Companies ; Mack Mfg. Corp. ; Mack Trucks Worldwide Ltd. ; Mack Trucks Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd. ; Mack-International Motor Truck Corp. ; Brockway Motor Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Heavy duty trucks ; dump trucks ; construction trucks ; "Mack" diesel engine ; "Mack" fire trucks ; fire engines ; "Mariner" diesel marine engine ; trucks for mines and quarries ; "The Mack Bulldog" company publication ; buses ; "Mack" railcars and locomotives ; "Mack-Lanova" diesel bus engines ; school buses ; transit buses ; bus chassis and body ; school bus chassis ; rubber "Shock Insulator" spring shackle ; synchro-mesh right-angle drive bus transmission ; automatic clutch with synchro mesh transmission ; mono-shift transmission ; power divider ; tractor trailers ; other equipment

Includes:

Trade catalog, manual, samples and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Types of samples:

Rubber

Physical description:

234 pieces; 6 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Firefighting and fire engines  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Automobiles  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Construction equipment  Search this

Earthmoving machinery  Search this

Engines  Search this

Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Mining machinery industry  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Motors  Search this

Ships  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_29114

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29114

Collection Creator:

Ayer (N W) Incorporated.  Search this

Container:

Box 48 (Series 2), Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Technical Access: Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio discs requires special arrangement. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection Rights:

Publication and production quality duplication is restricted due to complex copyright, publicity rights, and right to privacy issues. Potential users must receive written permission from appropriate rights holders prior to obtaining high quality copies. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records

N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 2: Proof Sheets

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83d89f82e-8de7-4249-8814-93bc3f764383

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0059-ref5612

Variant company name:

Founded 1802 ; Oakmont, PA ; New York, NY  Search this

Company Name:

Wm. B. Scaife & Sons Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Scaife Co.  Search this

Notes content:

water softening and purifying systems for household use, mining, textile manufacturing and railraods ; water filters ; iron removal filters ; swimming pool filtering and recirculating equpment ; range boilers and tanks ; steel structures ; gasoline storage tanks for motor boats ; gasoline storage outfits for private garages

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

68 pieces; 2 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this

Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Textiles and textile machinery  Search this

Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.)  Search this

Topic:

"Recycling (Waste, etc.)"  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Business  Search this

Coal  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Fuel  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Marketing  Search this

Mining machinery industry  Search this

Petroleum  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Refuse and refuse disposal  Search this

Refuse disposal industry  Search this

Ships  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Textile fabrics  Search this

Textile machinery industry  Search this

Water -- Purification  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_17351

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_17351

Company Name:

Norwich Storage Tank Co.  Search this

Notes content:

underground storage tanks ; Griffen Pumps

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Norwich, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Coal  Search this

Fuel  Search this

Petroleum  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_45218

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45218

Variant company name:

Dallas, TX ; New York, NY ; Boston, MA ; Philadelphia, PA ; Chicago, IL ; San Francisco, CA ; Atlanta, GA ; Minneapolis, MN ; St. Louis, MO  Search this

Company Name:

S. F. Bowser & Co.  Search this

Related companies:

S. F. Bowser Co., Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) ; S. F. Bowser & Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

Liquid storing and dispensing equipment ; metering equipment ; lubrication and filtration equipment ; distillation equipment ; Service station equipment ; pumps and tanks for railroads ; pulp and paper mill lubrication ; gasoline systems

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

183 pieces; 3 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this

Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this

Mills and milling supplies  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Air-compressors  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Barrels  Search this

Bottling  Search this

Coal  Search this

Fuel  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Milling machinery  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Petroleum  Search this

Pumping machinery industry  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_8738

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_8738