Demonstrating the unbreakable Tupperware seal: Tupperware vice president Brownie Wise explains the benefits of Tupperware to an attentive and appreciative audience at a Tupperware party.
Biographical / Historical:
Wise is credited with developing the enormously successful--and widely emulated--home-party plan, in which neighbors and friends gather in a home where Tupperware products are demonstrated and sold.
Local Numbers:
00050901 (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Included in National Museum of American History virtual exhibit, "History Wired," http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=264.
See more items:
Tupper, Earl Silas, 1907- Earl S. Tupper Papers, ca. 1908-1989, 2003. AAK6338AH (GEAC)00111136
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A woman in the audience is either crying or expressing surprise.
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02050903.tif (AC Scan No.)
General:
Box 29 folder, Best Wishes.
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Brownie Wise conducting a Tupperware "home party" on the beach; photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0509-0000005.tif (AC Scan)
General:
In Box 29a, Folder 4.
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Women attendees at Tupperware's 1954 annual jubilee walking in parking lot, with three automobiles; photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
01050919.tif (AC Scan)
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Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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She is holding a piglet and the photo is taken from above. She enclosed the snapshot in a letter to Franklin Robinson on March 7, 1955. Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0475-0000160.tif (AC Scan No.)
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Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center. Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Evidently her senior photograph, enclosed in a letter to boyfriend Franklin Robinson 26 March 1955.
Local Numbers:
AC0475-0000161.tif (AC Scan No.)
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Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center. Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Duke at piano; Mercer holding saxophone. Photograph scanned from copy print in photo notebooks in reading room. Photographer unidentified?
Local Numbers:
AC0301-0000008.tif (AC Scan No.)
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Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:
Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
[Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves (foreground, playing saxophone), Bobby Boyd, valet and bandboy (background in recording booth), black-and-white photoprint,] 1956
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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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.
Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:
Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:
Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:
Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
Ellington sits in a studio behind a turntable, microphones (one with the letters WIRE) , and other equipment, with the interviewer. Photographer's stamp: Kirk Studio, Indianapolis.
Arrangement:
Box No. 6.
Local Numbers:
AC0301-0000068.tif (AC Scan No.)
95-11930 (SI Neg.)
Series Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:
Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
Employees of Duncan Yo-yo Company demonstrate yo-yos to a crowd in Cuba in 1950; photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0807-0000008.tif (AC Scan)
General:
In Box 6, Folder 22.
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Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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Four boys with representative from Duncan Yo-Yo Company; photographer unidentified.
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03080708.tif (AC Scan)
General:
In Box 28, Folder 6.
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Subjects are shown with drinks in hand, standing in front of a bar, probably at a reception.
Local Numbers:
AC0584.0000002.tif (AC Scan, Front)
Exhibitions Note:
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
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Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
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Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
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The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Subject is shown operating a drinking fountain, with a life preserver hung on a pole.
Local Numbers:
AC0584.0000010.tif (AC Scan, Front)
Exhibitions Note:
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
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Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
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Subjects stands on railroad car, talking to two men.
Local Numbers:
AC0584.0000011.tif (AC Scan, Front)
Exhibitions Note:
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
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Subject is shown walking up steps, with a canal boat behind her.
Local Numbers:
AC0584.0000012.tif (AC Scan, Front)
Exhibitions Note:
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.