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"5757" / S. Fidanque B

Author:
Fidanque B., Stanley  Search this
Subject:
Fidanque family  Search this
Physical description:
76 p. : ill., ports, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Panama
Date:
1997
1997?]
Topic:
Jews  Search this
Jews--History  Search this
Call number:
F1577.J4 F54 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_540915

"6 NICE COMIC CARDS TABLE BALADI (EGYPTIAN CONCERT)", Egypt

Creator:
The Cairo Postcard Trust (Egypt)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
Container:
Binder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Egypt
Scope and Contents:
6 NICE COMIC CARDS[,] TABLE BALADI[,] (EGYPTIAN CONCERT); Serie No. 39; Photo C P. T. - E. B. Norton; The Cairo Postcard Trust [logo]; THE CAIRO POSTCAR TRUST; P.O.B. 1441 - CAIRO. Published by THE CAIRO POSTCARD TRUST
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-2117
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Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - General
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo754d9fd8f-e244-48ac-acb6-0e827ae353dd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref3410

"7" Billiard Ball from Herizon Club Pool Table

Measurements:
overall: 5.5 cm; 2 5/32 in
Object Name:
billiard ball
ID Number:
2019.0003.02
Accession number:
2019.0003
Catalog number:
2019.0003.02
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-d813-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1913703
Online Media:

"A Study of Transportation Facilities for Visitors to National and State Parks"

Collection Creator:
Knabenshue, A. Roy (Augustus Roy), 1876-1960  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Text
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:
A. Roy Knabenshue Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0136, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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A. Roy Knabenshue Collection
A. Roy Knabenshue Collection / Series 2: Career / 2.2: National Park Service
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg276a9fe33-c090-4720-9c3a-e3543ada81be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0136-ref54

"A View from the Table" Solo Exhibition, Hammer Galleries, New York

Collection Creator:
Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012  Search this
Container:
Box 34, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2003
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility. This collection is publication restricted by the donor.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
LeRoy Neiman papers, 1938-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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LeRoy Neiman papers
LeRoy Neiman papers / Series 3: Project Files / 3.1: Projects and Commissions
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a7c0038f-07d8-49bc-96cc-9e32ebe6c547
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-neimlero-ref662

"A bottle of gin is dangled before the nose of the natives" : gin currency in colonial southern Nigeria

Author:
Heap, Simon  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2009
Topic:
Alcoholic beverages  Search this
Alcoholic beverage industry  Search this
Money  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
HG1322 .M66 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969863

"A free public library" in Freetown at the turn of the twentieth century : an interesting piece from the Sierra Leone press / Odile Goerg

Author:
Goerg, Odile  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Date:
2012
Topic:
Public libraries  Search this
Creoles (Sierra Leone)--Books and reading  Search this
Creoles (Sierra Leone)--Education  Search this
Creoles (Sierra Leone)--Intellectual life  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Call number:
DT474.6.M36 M363
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1043602

"A good poor man's wife" : being a chronicle of Harriet Hanson Robinson and her family in nineteenth-century New England / Claudia L. Bushman

Author:
Bushman, Claudia L  Search this
Subject:
Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson 1825-1911  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 276 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., ports., genealogical tables ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Massachusetts
Date:
1998
1981
C1998
Topic:
Social reformers--Biography  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_602747

"A great many boys and girls" : Igbo youth in the British slave trade, 1700-1808 / Audra A. Diptee

Author:
Diptee, Audra  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Caribbean Area
Nigeria
Niger River Delta
Date:
2016
18th century
Topic:
Child slaves  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Youth, Igbo  Search this
Call number:
DT515.45.I33 I4235 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088753

"Accelerated Wheel" flax spinning wheel; New York; 1790-1860

Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
average spatial: 31 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 79.375 cm x 34.29 cm
Object Name:
Spinning Wheel
spinning wheel, flax
Date made:
18th century ?
1790-1860
Credit Line:
Mrs. Winifrred H. Bauer (Mrs. Paul Sherman)
ID Number:
1980.0884.01
Catalog number:
1980.0884.01
Accession number:
1980.0884
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Textiles
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-5e09-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1095254

"Africa speaks in me" : how the diaspora shaped the languages of the Caribbean, then and now / Ann Albuyeh

Author:
Albuyeh, Ann Dawson  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Caribbean Area
Date:
2008
Topic:
Creole dialects  Search this
Languages in contact  Search this
Languages  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
DT16.5 .M54 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_978857

"Afro-Brazilians" of the western slave coast in the nineteenth century

Author:
Strickrodt, Silke 1970-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Sousa, Francisco Félix de 1754-1849  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
2004
Topic:
Brazilians  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Call number:
HT1126 .E57 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782737

"All of the Coromantee Country" : the Akan diaspora in North America / Kwasi Konadu

Author:
Konadu, Kwasi  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
North America
Southern States
Date:
2010
Topic:
Akan (African people)  Search this
Names, Akan  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Call number:
E29.A43 K66 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1049239

"Allen's / Root Beer / Extract." [sic] [Trade card.]

Advertiser:
Carter, C.E. (pharmacist)  Search this
Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper., 4.5 x 3.0 in.)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Trade cards
Advertisements
Place:
Lowell (Mass.)
Date:
Circa 1880-1920
Scope and Contents:
Front depicts a boy standing next to a table, drinking from a mug made with Allen's Root Beer Extract and a pitcher of the drink on the table. Text on the verso describes the health benefits of the drink, including aiding digestion and health of the kidneys and liver.
Local Numbers:
AC0060-0002310-01.tif (AC Scan, Front)

AC0060-0002310-02.tif (AC Scan, Back)
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:
Carbonated beverages  Search this
Drugs, Nonprescription  Search this
Patent medicines  Search this
Pharmacists  Search this
Root beer  Search this
Drinking  Search this
Genre/Form:
Trade cards
Advertisements
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Beverages, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Beverages
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Beverages / 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Beverages / Carter, C.E., Lowell, Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b041d394-d426-4e36-8649-5f2561cab0e3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-beverages-ref533

"American Beauty" Rite-Heat Glower Stove

Maker:
American Electrical Heater Co.  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
ceramic (plug material)
mica (heating element material)
cloth (cord material)
plastic (plug material)
Measurements:
overall hot plate: 3 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 15.5575 cm x 14.2875 cm
overall-in box: 3 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 15.875 cm x 16.51 cm
overall-cord folded: 1 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm
Object Name:
plate, hot
Place made:
United States: Michigan, Detroit
Date made:
ca 1920
Subject:
appliances  Search this
Food Culture  Search this
Household Tools and Equipment  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi
ID Number:
1992.0338.11
Accession number:
1992.0338
Catalog number:
1992.0338.11
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Food
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-94ee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1118353
Online Media:

"Americans All"

Collection Collector:
Whitehead, Henry Preston, 1917-2002  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Arrangement:
This subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries

3.4.1 Photographs 3.4.2 Audio/Sound Recording
Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Tomlinson D. Todd producer, director, and moderator of the popular "Americans All" Radio program, which he founded on March 31, 1946. The "Americans All" program ran for nearly 17years from March 1946 to March 1962 on four D.C. radio stations. The "Americans All" program was broadcasted on Sundays over numerous Washington D.C. stations: W.W.D.C. from March to July 1946 beginning at 11:30 p.m. and ending at 12 a.m. From July 1946 to October 1947 the program was broadcasted from 11:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. From October 1947 to November 1947 the program was on station WOOK from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. From November 1947 to March 148 the broadcast was from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on WQQW and from March 1948 to 19?? he program was on WOOK station from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The program was dedicated to charity and promotion of justice, education, harmony, and understanding among all races and creeds in America. Additionally the program promoted the "one world" idea or the universality of all mankind along with emphasizing the preservation of the American way. The program included dramas, interviews, addresses, round table discussions and renditions from well-known musical aggregations. Participants included members of congress, judges, Hollywood, college presidents, representatives of foreign governments, leaders in civic, religious, educational, labor and other fields of endeavor. Participants also included prominent musical and dramatic groups. Participants were local, nationals and international. The program was sponsored by the Institute on Race Relations.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Henry P. Whitehead collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Collection Citation:
Henry P. Whitehead collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Michael A. Watkins.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-042, Subseries 3.4
See more items in:
Henry P. Whitehead collection
Henry P. Whitehead collection / Series 3: Tomlinson D. Todd
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa76d666e11-025b-4ca7-ac29-e3b650329739
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-042-ref238

"Among democratic nations each new generation is a new people."--Alexis de Tocqueville. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
W. Lee Savage, born Charleston, WV 1928  Search this
Medium:
oil and pencil on canvas
Dimensions:
60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1965
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Fantasy  Search this
Allegory\civic\democracy  Search this
Object\furniture\table  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.257
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7840d32b2-8cb8-49db-b4b9-57270b894eaa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.257

"An Exhibition of Table Sculpture by Modern and Contemporary Masters," 1992 May 2-June 26

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 37, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1992
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 5: Exhibition Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b98b8faa-5621-4a34-b3f5-23b7cd99a247
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref2054

"Analyses of ovaries from deer harvested in northwestern Montana," 1956 (tables and notes, probably used in an article)

Container:
Box 19 of 35
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7279, Helmut Karl Buechner Papers
See more items in:
Helmut Karl Buechner Papers
Helmut Karl Buechner Papers / Series 4: RESEARCH PROJECTS, 1946-1975. / Box 19
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru7279-refidd1e5956

"Analysis of stresses in German airplanes; by Wilhem Hoff." Source: National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. Report #143

Collection Creator:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)  Search this
Container:
Box D686, Folder D52.1 Misc German / 41
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Scope and Contents:
Stresses; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - Report #143; Conversion Tables - Betz; Aerodynamics; Static Testing
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
See more items in:
Wright Field Technical Documents Library
Wright Field Technical Documents Library / D52.1 - Airplanes (arranged alphabetically) / Misc [Miscellaneous] / Misc German
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2c8ff8591-3400-412c-a865-18203e644084
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0428-ref5858

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