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Creator:

Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993  Search this

Names:

Archway Cookies, Inc.  Search this

Borden's Farm Products Co. of Illinois  Search this

Campbell Soup Company  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association  Search this

Franco American Food Co.  Search this

Lever Brothers and Unilever, ltd.  Search this

National Distillers and Chemical Corporation  Search this

Nesbitt Associates, Ltd.  Search this

P. Ballantine & Sons  Search this

Philip Morris Incorporated  Search this

Revlon, Inc.  Search this

Schick (Firm)  Search this

Scott Paper Company  Search this

Seagram Company  Search this

Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Samples

Date:

1951-1984, undated

Summary:

Collection primarily consists of photographic materials including color slides, color and black & white transparencies, and black & white photographs; press releases, articles, correspondence, press releases, client lists, and surveys documenting the life and work of packaging, industrial, and graphic designer Saul Nesbitt.

Scope and Contents:

Series 1, Background and Biographical Information, 1951-1984

Consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.

Series 2, Records of the Public Relations Office, 1955-1963

Includes press releases and clippings describing some Nesbitt's products, his theories on consumer motivation, and the results of his surveys, as well as correspondence with members of the press.

Series 3, Correspondence, dates

Contains general office communications

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1951-1981

Consists of color slides, color and black and white transparencies, and black and white photographs of most of Nesbitt's designs for packaging from 1951-1981.

Series 5, Samples, undated

Includes three samples of fitted presentation boxes designed by Nesbitt, as well as a prototype for a design award for Parsons School of Design in New York, and two "Multiplication" cubes commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Oversized materials include books jackets and booklets designed by Nesbitt, as well as some renderings for packaging designs done in color.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into five series:

Series 1, Background and Biographical Information, 1951-1984

Series 2, Records of the Public Relations Office, 1955-1963

Series 3, Correspondence, dates

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1951-1981

Series 5, Samples, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Saul Nesbitt was a packaging, industrial, and graphic designer born in New York City on August 10, 1920. He was a student of sculptor Chaim Gross and studied art at many New York institutions including: Art Students League; New York University (NYU); Columbia University; Pratt Institute of Art; and the New School.

Nesbitt served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 where he worked as a cartographer and as the head of the visual aid section in a military intelligence training center. In 1945, he joined the staff of Harper's Bazaar magazine where he was an illustrator assisting art director Alexey Brodovich. In 1946, Nesbitt was hired by the industrial design studio of Raymond Loewy as a handletterer and packaging designer.

Saul Nesbitt worked with Lippincott Industrial Design from 1948 to 1951. He opened his own design studio, Nesbitt Associates, Ltd. in 1951. The firm specialized in package design, trademarks, and corporate identities. Some of his most recognizable designs were for the label for Campbell's Soup and the Florists' Telegraph Delivery (F.T.D.) Winged Mercury 'Interflora' figure, still used today. Nesbitt's other clients included: Franco American; Revlon; Ballantine Beer; Borden; Champion spark plugs; Kodak; Phillip Morris cigarettes; Schick razors; and Archway cookies. In addition, Nesbitt developed the "Karry Kit" for Ballantine Beer which came to be widely used and known as the six pack.

Nesbitt was known for his revealing studies and surveys of the buying needs and preferences of the "average American housewife" and consumers in general. His opinions on what he referred to as "underpackaging" were widely publicized in professional magazines and journals. In 1984, Nesbitt retired from the design field and went to California to resume his career as a sculptor until his death in 1993 at the age of seventy-three.

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Archives Center, National Museum of American History

NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, NMAH.AC.0059

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, NMAH.AC.0060

Alan and Elaine Levitt Advertisement Collection, NMAH.AC.0303

Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project, NMAH.AC.0198

Campbell Soup Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, NMAH.AC.0367

Caroline R. Jones Papers, NMAH.AC.0552

Virgil Johnson Collection of Cigarette Packages, NMAH.AC.0645

Revlon, Incorporated Advertising Collection, NMAH.AC.0939

Landor Design Collection, NMAH.AC.0500

Albert W. Hampson Commercial Artwork Collection, NMAH.AC.0561

Borden Company 1939 New York World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.1063

Smithsonian Institution

Archives of American Art

Esta Nesbitt Papers, circa 1942-1981

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Archives Collection Management Records, 1989-2006

Provenance:

Collection donated by the designer's wife, Mrs. Saul Nesbitt, in 1994.

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.

Occupation:

Industrial designers  Search this

Packaging designers  Search this

Graphic designers  Search this

Topic:

Consumers -- Research  Search this

Consumers' preferences -- United States  Search this

Housewives as consumers  Search this

Labels -- Design  Search this

Corporate image -- Design  Search this

Logos (Symbols) -- Design  Search this

Graphic arts -- United States  Search this

Design, Industrial -- United States  Search this

Packaging -- Design  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs -- 20th century

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Samples -- 1920-2000

Citation:

Saul Nesbitt Papers, 1951-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1275

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Saul Nesbitt Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep857e2f039-d3d5-4307-a474-a5e5072e4e74

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1275

Associated Name:

Columbus, Christopher  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 5/16 in x 13/16 in; 10.9855 cm x 2.0955 cm

Object Name:

spoon

souvenir

Associated Place:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Worlds Fair  Search this

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12583

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12583

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2dbe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397105

Associated Name:

Columbus, Christopher  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 5/16 in x 13/16 in; 10.9855 cm x 2.0955 cm

Object Name:

spoon

souvenir

Associated Place:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Worlds Fair  Search this

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12584

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12584

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2dbf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397106

Associated Name:

Columbus, Christopher  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 5/16 in x 13/16 in; 10.9855 cm x 2.0955 cm

Object Name:

spoon

souvenir

Associated Place:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Worlds Fair  Search this

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12585

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12585

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2e7f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397107

Associated Name:

Greyhound Corporation  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 in x 8 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 5.08 cm x 20.955 cm

Object Name:

bus, toy

souvenir

souvenir, toy

Date made:

1939

Subject:

Worlds Fair  Search this

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Toys  Search this

Related event:

New York World's Fair (1939)  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12590

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12590

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2e84-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397112

Measurements:

overall: 4 7/8 in x 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 1.27 cm

Object Name:

spoon

souvenir spoon

souvenir

Associated Place:

United States: Washington, Seattle

Date made:

1962

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Century 21 Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12593

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12593

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2e85-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397113

Measurements:

overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm x 13.97 cm

Object Name:

model

toy, model

souvenir

Place made:

Japan: Japan

Associated Place:

United States: Washington, Seattle

Date made:

1962

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Century 21 Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Edith R. Meggers

ID Number:

CL.314637.12594

Accession number:

314637

Catalog number:

314637.12594

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2e86-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1397114

Measurements:

overall: 15 7/8 in x 16 7/8 in; 40.3225 cm x 42.8625 cm

Object Name:

Handkerchief

Place made:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940

ID Number:

1990.0542.1075

Accession number:

1990.0542

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f2f6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1315071

Measurements:

overall: 23 cm x 7.7 cm x 3.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 1 3/8 in

Object Name:

Train, Model, w/ Box

toy train

Place made:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Toys  Search this

Train  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940

ID Number:

1990.0542.1498

Accession number:

1990.0542

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-07ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1315532

Measurements:

overall: 6 cm x 4 cm; 2 3/8 in x 1 9/16 in

Object Name:

Badge

Place made:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

1893

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

World's Columbian Exposition  Search this

Credit Line:

The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940

ID Number:

1990.0542.1662

Accession number:

1990.0542

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f590-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1315702

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

brown (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 22 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; x 57.15 cm x 41.91 cm

average spatial: 1 in x 7 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 19.05 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England, London

Date made:

1851-05-01-1851-10-11

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Souvenirs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0005

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0005

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-097a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1054978

Physical Description:

ceramic (overall material)

white stoneware? (overall material)

white (overall color)

blue (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 6 in; 2.8575 cm x 20.6375 cm x 15.24 cm

Object Name:

Dish

plate

Other Terms:

Dish; Commemorative; Octagonal

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England, London, City of London

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Souvenirs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0006

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0006

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-14a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062912

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

black (overall color)

green (overall color)

yellow (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1/2 in x 7 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 18.0975 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England, London, City of London

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0007

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0007

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-fa6f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062913

Maker:

D B & H Crystal Palace  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic (overall material)

white (overall color)

brown, grayish (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 24.765 cm

Object Name:

plate

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0008

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0008

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-14a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062914

Maker:

R. Cochran & Co.  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

brown (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 1/8 in x 7 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.78 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0009A

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0009A

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d1aa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062917

Maker:

R. Cochran & Co.  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

brown (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 1/8 in x 7 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.78 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Associated place:

United Kingdom: England

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0009B

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0009B

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-14a5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062918

Maker:

J. & G. Meakin  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

black (overall color)

green (overall color)

blue (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 in x 7 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 18.7325 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire

Associated place:

United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0010

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0010

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d1ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062919

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

green (overall color)

blue (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 in x 7 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 18.7325 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Associated place:

United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0011

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0011

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-00e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062921

Maker:

J. & G. Meakin  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

black (overall color)

green (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 15.5575 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Side

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0012

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0012

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-00ea-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062922

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

white (overall color)

blue (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 1 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 26.67 cm

Object Name:

Plate

Other Terms:

Plate; Commemorative; Dinner

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Date made:

1851

Associated dates:

1851 05 01 / 1851 05 01, 1851 10 15 / 1851 10 15

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Related event:

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations  Search this

Credit Line:

The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

ID Number:

1989.0438.0013

Catalog number:

1989.0438.0013

Accession number:

1989.0438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-00eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1062923