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Baby's hood

Medium:: Cotton fabric, mirror glass with embroidery, satin stitches

Dimensions:: H x W (flat): 29 x 22 cm (11 7/16 x 8 11/16 in)

Type:: Costume and Textile

Origin:: Kutch, Gujarat State or Sindh province, India or Pakistan

Date:: 20th century

Topic:: embroidering Search this; child Search this; India Search this; Pakistan Search this; South Asian and Himalayan Art Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. M. Bryant

Accession Number:: S1991.27

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:fsg_S1991.27

Rug

Medium:: Wool?

Dimensions:: H x W: 81.9 × 65.1 cm (32 1/4 × 25 5/8 in)

Type:: Costume and Textile

Origin:: Tibet

Date:: 20th century

Topic:: floral patterns Search this; Buddhism Search this; Tibet Search this; South Asian and Himalayan Art Search this; Alice S. Kandell Collection Search this

Credit Line:: The Alice S. Kandell Collection

Accession Number:: S2020.5.12

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

On View:: Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye320a17373-46fe-473b-bbf1-fa837f4cc824

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:fsg_S2020.5.12

Sacagawea and Child, Graphite Sketch, United States, 1998

Maker:: Goodacre, Glenna Search this

Physical Description:: paper (overall material)

Measurements:: overall paper: 34.5 cm x 28 cm x .1 cm; 13 19/32 in x 11 1/32 in x 1/32 in; overall image: 205 mm; x 8 1/16 in

Object Name:: coin study; sketch

Place made:: United States: New Mexico, Santa Fe

Date made:: 1998

Credit Line:: Glenna Goodacre

ID Number:: 2010.0249.14

Accession number:: 2010.0249

Catalog number:: 2010.0249.14

See more items in:: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmah_1405250

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Award: Frank Child Award

Collection Creator:: Diamond, Freda, 1905- Search this

Container:: Box 1, Folder 34

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1994

Collection Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection Citation:: Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:: Freda Diamond Collection; Freda Diamond Collection / Series 6: Presentations and Awards

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref168

Maidenform Collection

Creator:: Maidenform, Inc. Search this

Photographer:: Avedon, Richard Search this

Names:: Coleman, Beatrice Search this; Coleman, Joseph Search this

Inventor:: Rosenthal, Ida Search this; Rosenthal, William Search this

Extent:: 35 Cubic feet (87 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertisements; Newsletters; Tear sheets; Photographs; Videotapes; Clippings; Business records

Date:: 1922-1997

Scope and Contents:: Patent and trademark documents, advertisements, sales and marketing material, market research, photographs, packaging, company newsletters and magazines, and business records documenting the history of the Maidenform Company from 1922 to1997.

Arrangement:: Collection organized into eleven series.

Series 1, Company History, 1922-1990

Series 2, News Articles, 1941-1997

Series 3, Patents, Trademarks, and Registrations, 1871-1979

Series 4, Publications, 1931-1997

Series 5, Sales and Marketing Materials, 1929-1997

Series 6, Advertising, 1929-1997

Series 7, Photographs, 1927-1993

Series 8, Patterns, circa 1950s

Series 9, World War II Activities, 1941-1946

Series 10, Labor Relations, 1937-1990

Series 11, Miscellaneous Unprocessed Materials

Biographical / Historical:: The history of Maidenform, Incorporated began at Enid Frocks, a small dress shop in New York City owned and operated by Enid Bissett. Ida Rosenthal was a Russian Jewish immigrant and seamstress at Enid's shop. In 1922, Ida and Enid decided that the fit and appearance of their custom-made dresses would be enhanced if improvements were made to the bandeaux style bras then in vogue. They gathered the bandeaux in the middle in a design modification that provided more support in a manner they believed enhanced, rather than downplayed, a woman's natural figure. Ida's husband, William, added straps and further refined the style. The called their bras "Maidenform", in counterpoint to the "Boyish Form" brand then in vogue. Initially, the bras were given away with each dress they sold. As the bras gained popularity they began selling them, and eventually the bras became so popular they stopped making dresses altogether and shifted to full-scale brassiere manufacturing. The first Maidenform plant opened in Bayonne, N.J. in 1925. After World War II, the company began marketing heavily in Europe and Latin America. Eventually, Maidenform operated plants in West Virginia, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Documentation for the development and manufacture of a "pigeon vest" is also included in the collection. The pigeon vest allowed troopers to carry homing pigeons with them as they parachuted behind enemy lines. During World War II, Maidenform manufactured these pigeon vests and silk parachutes for the war effort.

Maidenform advertising campaigns were enormously successful, and generated controversy as well as praise. The now famous "I Dreamed" campaign was launched in 1949; this campaign ran for 20 years, making it one of the longest running campaigns in the history of advertising. The advertisements featured models in everyday or fantastic situations, elaborately costumed but wearing only a Maidenform bra above the waist. This campaign was followed by the "Maidenform Woman" campaign which was credited with boosting sales by 200 percent in some stores. The "Dares to Dream" campaign played off the "I Dreamed" tagline in 1984, and in 1987, the "Celebrity" campaign began. The "Celebrity" ads were notable for the absence of women in lingerie; instead, well-known male actors discussed their feelings about women and lingerie in print and commercial advertisements. The tone of the advertising shifted in 1992 with a series of ads called "The Women's Advocacy" campaign.

Maidenform was family owned and operated until 1997. After the death of William Rosenthal in 1958, his wife, Ida, became the president of their company. In 1963, she suffered an incapacitating stroke. At this time, son-in-law Dr. Joseph Coleman became head of the company. Upon his death in 1968, his wife (the only surviving child of Ida and William) Beatrice Rosenthal Coleman, gained complete control over the business until her death in 1990.

The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, a philanthropic and charitable institution founded in 1953, is run by granddaughter Catherine Brawer.

Related Materials:: Materials at the National Museum of American History

The Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds Maidenform artifacts including brassieres, girdles, and "long-lines," and two of the costumes used in the "I Dreamed" campaign.

Other Resources

Undergarment ads in the United States, 1947-1970

Provenance:: The collection was donated by Maidenform, Incorporated in May 1997.

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used for research.

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

The donor has imposed restrictions on reproduction, broadcast or use of the collection for commercial purposes of any kind by third parties. Reproduction, broadcast or other use of the collection for commercial purposes of any kind by third parties is subject to prior written consent. These permissions will be required until July 2047. Please see the repository for further details.

Topic:: Advertising campaigns Search this; Sex in advertising Search this; advertising -- 20th century Search this; Women in advertising Search this; Brassieres -- 20th century Search this; Parachutes -- 1940-1950 Search this; Symbolism in advertising Search this; Homing pigeons -- 1940-1950 Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertisements; Newsletters -- 20th century; Tear sheets; Photographs -- 20th century; Videotapes; Clippings; Business records -- 20th century

Citation:: Maidenform Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0585

See more items in:: Maidenform Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Un Enfant du Bronx (My American Journey)

Written by:: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021 Search this

Published by:: Joseph E. Persico, American, 1930 - 2014 Search this; Odile Jacob Publishing, French Search this

Subject of:: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775 Search this; United States Army, American, founded 1775 Search this

Medium:: ink on paper

Dimensions:: H x W x D (open): 8 11/16 × 11 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (22.1 × 30.3 × 3.1 cm); H x W x D (closed): 8 11/16 × 5 11/16 × 1 1/4 in. (22.1 × 14.4 × 3.1 cm)

Type:: autobiographies; books

Place printed:: France, Europe

Date:: 1995

Topic:: African American Search this; Domestic life Search this; Education Search this; Families Search this; Government Search this; International affairs Search this; Language Search this; Men Search this; Military Search this; Politics Search this; U.S. History, 1969-2001 Search this

Credit Line:: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell

Object number:: A2022.101.1.42.6

Restrictions & Rights:: © Odile Jacob Publishing; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmaahc_A2022.101.1.42.6

Vose Galleries of Boston records

Creator:: Vose Galleries of Boston Search this

Names:: Arthur U. Newton Galleries Search this; Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Search this; Ehrich Galleries (New York, N.Y.) Search this; Howard Young Galleries (New York, N.Y.) Search this; Jill Newhouse (Gallery) Search this; M. Knoedler & Co. Search this; Macbeth Gallery Search this; Milch Galleries Search this; Norton Gallery and School of Art Search this; R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm) Search this; Robert C. Vose Galleries Search this; Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Search this; Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 Search this; Jonniaux, Alfred, b. 1882 Search this; Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 (sculptor) Search this; Norton, William E., 1843-1916 Search this; Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 Search this; Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921 Search this; Vose, Robert C. (Robert Churchill), 1911-1998 Search this; Vose, Robert Churchill, 1873- Search this

Extent:: 26.6 Linear feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Video recordings; Manuscript

Date:: circa 1876-1996; bulk 1920-1940

Summary:: The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 26.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.

Scope and Contents note:: The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 26.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.

Correspondence of note is with artists Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Alfred Jonniaux, and John Singer Sargent; galleries Ehrich Galleries, Clapp & Graham Co., M. Knoedler & Co., Macbeth Galleries, Milch Galleries, Newhouse Galleries, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Norton Galleries, and Howard Young Galleries; the estates of Anna Coleman Ladd and William E. Norton; and the family of Abbott H. Thayer.

Researchers should note that the records do not comprehensively span the gallery's history or operations. The bulk of the collection is correspondence from Robert C. Vose's era running the Robert C. Vose Galleries in the 1920s-1930s and, lesser so, under Robert C. Vose, Jr.'s direction in the 1970s. There is little material in the collection which dates before the 1910s or the 1950s-1960s, other than correspondence regarding Alfred Jonniaux and some financial records. There is a handful of correspondence which covers the period of R.C. & N.M. Vose Gallery. Records loaned for microfilming should be consulted for materials outside of the bulk dates of this collection, especially for materials from the late 1800s-early 1900s.

Arrangement note:: The collection is arranged as 5 series:

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1895-1996 (Boxes 1-23, 28; 22.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Customer Files, 1912-1946 (Boxes 23-24; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Art-Related Files, circa 1876, 1890s-1947 (Box 24, 28; 1 linear feet)

Series 4: Financial Records, 1911-1962, 1991 (Boxes 24-25; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Materials, circa 1904-1990 (Boxes 25-27; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:: Vose Galleries is a long time family run art gallery based in the Boston, Mass. area.

In 1841, Joseph Vose purchased Westminster Art Gallery, a small Providence, Rhode Island art gallery founded by Ransom Hicks. At the age of 19 in 1850, Joseph's son Seth Morton Vose joined the gallery and five years later became director. The gallery's primary business until the late 1860s was frame making, gilding and art supplies. Seth Morton Vose had a passion for art, especially the French painters of the Barbizon School and he slowly began buying and exhibiting artwork. By 1882, the gallery regularly exhibited in Boston.

Seth's son Robert C. Vose joined the business in 1896, and managed the gallery's Boston office from 1897. Robert broadened the gallery's horizons by showing his fine stock of Barbizon, Dutch, English and American artists throughout America, while his younger brother, Nathaniel, and his cousin, Charles Thompson, handled the Boston gallery. During the next sixty-seven years, Robert C. Vose moved the gallery into a position of national prominence.

In 1924, Nathaniel left the gallery and established his own gallery in Providence. The Boston gallery's name changed to Robert C. Vose Galleries, and around the same time, took over the Carrig-Rohane framing company. In 1931-1932, Robert's three sons, Robert C. Vose, Jr., Seth Morton Vose II, and Herbert Vose, joined the firm. The gallery continued to show exhibitions in Boston, and the sons took turns joining their father on the road. The gallery's name was changed to Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc. in 1952. In 1963, Vose Galleries moved to their current location at 238 Newbury Street in Boston. Robert C. Vose passed away in 1964.

Robert C. Vose, Jr.'s sons, Abbot W. Vose and Robert C. Vose III, joined the gallery in 1968 and 1970, respectively. Robert C. Vose, Jr. passed away in 1998. The Vose Galleries of Boston continues to operate at Newbury Street under the direction of the sixth generation of the Vose family.

Related Archival Materials note:: The Archives of American Art holds several separately cataloged collections related to Vose Galleries of Boston, including the Carrig-Rohane Shop records (1903-1962); oral history interviews with Seth Morton Vose (July 24, 1986 - April 28, 1987) and Robert C. Vose, Jr. (June 27 - July 23, 1986); a sound recording and videotape of a Robert C. Vose, Jr. lecture at the Somerset Club (May 14, 1987); a sound recording of an interview with Robert C. Vose (March 1961); the Miscellaneous Art Exhibition Catalog collection containing Vose Galleries exhibition catalogs, circa 1900-1941; and, Robert C. Vose, Jr. typescripts and clippings, 1961, on microfilm reels 3480 and 4314.

Separated Materials note:: The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming.

Reel B1 contains a scrapbook compiled by Seth Vose and annotated by Robert Vose that contains clippings, 1886-1900, and an 1889 letter from author and critic Alfred Trumble; and a scrapbook compiled and annotated by Robert C. Vose spanning the years 1920-1940, 1897, and 1905, containing clippings and handwritten lists.

Reel 2380 includes numerous photographs, circa 1890-1964, of Seth Morton Vose, Robert C. Vose, Sr., artists, collectors, and dealers associated with Vose Galleries; a Macbeth Gallery "smoker" in honor of Emil Carlsen; a drawing of Charles Emil Heil by George F. Wing, and a charcoal drawing after Monticelli by Albion Harris Bicknell. Many of the photographs are annotated by Robert C. Vose.

Reels 3936-3940 are comprised of account books, 1871-1887; a journal, 1889-1903, a ledger, 1889-1901; invoice books, 1896-circa 1954, inventories of paintings and drawings in stock, 1884, 1892 and 1906; exhibition records, 1911-1982?; traveling exhibition records, 1915-1949; and a record of paintings sold, 1876-1894. Written permission is required to access these reels.

Reels 4593-4594 contain clippings, undated and 1891-1989, chiefly about purchases, sales and exhibitions, but also pertaining to art dealers, museums, artists, and art events.

Reel 4909 contains a scrapbook of clippings, announcements, programs, and other printed materials, 1882-1993.

Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:: From 1965-1994, Vose Galleries of Boston loaned materials to the Archives of American Art for microfilming. Robert C. Vose, Jr. also donated records in several installments from 1974 to 1997.

Restrictions:: Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:: Reels 3936-3940: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from an officer of the Vose Galleries. Contact Reference Services for more information.; 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.

Topic:: Artists -- United States -- Photographs Search this; Picture frame industry -- Massachusetts -- Boston Search this; Picture frames and framing Search this; Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Boston Search this; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Massachusetts -- Boston Search this

Function:: Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts; Art galleries, Commercial -- Rhode Island

Genre/Form:: Video recordings; Manuscript

Citation:: Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collection Care Preservation Fund

Identifier:: AAA.vosegall

See more items in:: Vose Galleries of Boston records

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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Childs, Charles D.

Collection Creator:: Vose Galleries of Boston Search this

Container:: Box 24, Folder 48

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1944; undated

Collection Restrictions:: Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:: Reels 3936-3940: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from an officer of the Vose Galleries. Contact Reference Services for more information.; 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:: Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collection Care Preservation Fund

See more items in:: Vose Galleries of Boston records; Vose Galleries of Boston records / Series 4: Financial Records

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-aaa-vosegall-ref642

Christina Patoski Holiday Photoprints

Photographer:: Patoski, Christina Search this

Extent:: 1 Cubic foot (2 boxes, 16" x 20")

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographs; Dye destruction process; Cibachrome (tm); Dye destruction photoprints

Place:: Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Holiday decorations; Brooklyn (N.Y.) -- Holiday decorations; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Holiday decorations; Sun Valley (Idaho) -- Holiday decorations; New York (N.Y.) -- Holiday decorations; Corpus Christi (Texas) -- Holiday decorations; Denver (Colo.) -- Holiday decorations; Fort Worth (Tex.) -- Holiday decorations; New Orleans (La.) -- Holiday decorations; Dallas (Tex.); Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) -- Holiday decorations

Date:: circa 1973-1992

Summary:: Fourteen color photographic prints by Christina Patoski, depicting front-lawn and front-porch holiday displays (primarily Christmas) in various U.S. cities.

Scope and Contents:: The fourteen photographs in this group are Cibachrome prints from 35mm. Kodachrome slides, documenting front-lawn and front-porch holiday displays (primarily Christmas) in various U.S. cities, including a variety of economic, ethnic, and regional groups, architectural genres, and decorating styles, documenting a "unique seasonal custom found only in America." Several images suggest attempts to broaden the cultural/religious basis of the celebration, combining Jewish traditions with the Christmas decorating tradition. Cities documented are Denver, Fort Worth, Minneapolis, Sun Valley (Idaho), Manhattan and Brooklyn, N.Y., Corpus Christi, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, and Santa Fe.

The Cibachrome prints are horizontal on 16" x 20" paper, with 22" x 28" mats, except for "Holiday Spectacular," which was used on an introductory panel in ta national Museum of American History exhibition, without a mat.

Arrangement:: Collection is unarranged.

Biographical / Historical:: Photographer, documentary producer, and journalist, Christina Patoski began photographing front-lawn and front-porch Christmas displays in 1973, in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning with a house on Diaz Street in the Como neighborhood. She called the photograph "Red Extravaganza," and it inspired her to photograph other houses. Driving up and down Fort Worth Streets at Christmastime with her saxophonist husband Johnny Reno, she worked exclusively at night. Concentrating at first on the most elaborate displays, she later sought simpler, more personal decorations, and became more discriminating. She repeated in many areas of the country as part of an ongoing project spread over many years. She is interested in documenting "unusual" elements of popular culture within a variety of topical fields.

She told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "I've seen so much, that for me to stop and take a photo now, it has to be something special… I've noticed, though, that there are a lot of houses decorated this year. And to me, that indicates a sense of optimism… when people decorate, there's a sense of good feeling."

Her photographic technique is simple, employing two fifteen-year-old 35mm cameras and low-speed Kodachrome film, using commercial processing. She has been photographing since she was a child, when her father encouraged her. Graduating from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, she spent several years in Minneapolis as a dancer, choreographer, and television editor. She returned to Fort Worth in 1976 to work in television news, but since 1979 has been a free-lance writer, radio reporter (contributing to National Public Radio's "All Things Considered), and a producer and writer.

She is interested in documenting unusual elements of popular culture (what she calls "weirdness"), such as her Texas Monthly story, illustrated with her portraits, on Texas women with "big" hair. She maintains files on longhorn steer, pyromaniacs, tornadoes, and cheerleading, and considers herself a "Margaret Mead of popular culture."

Sources Jackie Koszczuk and Janet Tyson, "A Sense of the festive: Photographer captures home-grown Christmas Art," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Section E, December 25, 1993, pp. 1, 4.

Provenance:: Collection donated by Christina Patoski, December 14, 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:: Christina Patoski retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:: Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- Holiday decorations -- 1970-2000 Search this; Judaism -- Customs and practices Search this; Christmas decorations -- 1970-2000 Search this; Hanukkah decorations -- 1970-2000 Search this; Housing -- 1950-2000 -- U.S. Search this; Decorations -- Holiday -- 1950-2000 -- U.S. Search this; Holiday decorations -- 1970-2000 Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 1950-2000; Dye destruction process; Cibachrome (TM); Dye destruction photoprints

Citation:: [Photograph title], Christina Patoski Holiday Photoprints, 1973-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Copyright Christina Patoski. Gift of the artist.

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0508

See more items in:: Christina Patoski Holiday Photoprints

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers

Creator:: Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992 Search this; Falk, Pauline Search this

Names:: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Search this; Asia House Gallery Search this; Bennington College Search this; Brooklyn Museum Search this; Chinese Art Society of America Search this; Columbia University. Teachers College. Lincoln School Search this; Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Search this; Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) Search this; Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (New York, N.Y.) Search this; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Search this; National Refugee Service (U.S.) Search this; Pan American World Airways, Inc. Search this; Baerwald, Paul, 1871-1961 Search this; David, Percival, Sir, 1892-1964 Search this; Lawton, Thomas, 1931- Search this; Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982 Search this; Salmony, Alfred, 1890-1958 Search this; Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.) Search this; Stern, Harold P. Search this; Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962 Search this

Extent:: 25 Cubic feet

Culture:: Jewish American Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Correspondence; Photographs; Diaries; Maps

Place:: China -- Description and Travel; China; USA -- New York -- New York

Date:: 1910-2002; bulk 1935-2000

Scope and Contents:: Papers of art collectors Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) and Myron Samuel (Johnny) Falk Jr. (1906-1992). This collection includes correspondence; art collection documentation; research materials; photographs (slides and prints) and audiovisual materials; financial information; biographical data; records of philanthropic and social activities; travel records; and appointment books.

Arrangement:: Organized into five series: • Series 1: Biographic Materials • Series 2: Travel • Series 3: Correspondence • Series 4: Collection Files • Series 5: Slides

Biographical / Historical:: Pauline Baerwald was born in New York City in 1910, living there until her death in 2000. In 1932 she graduated from Smith College and went on to the School of Social Work at Columbia University. Pauline's father, Paul Baerwald, was a German-Jewish banker and philanthropist, as well as an executive board member of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), an agency chartered to provide refugee services for European Jews who were victims of persecution throughout Russia and Europe. Pauline was an active volunteer with the JDC throughout World War II. After the war she was one of the founders of the National Refuge Service (later the New York Association for New Americans) as well as the Jewish Social Service Association. She also served as president of the Jewish Family Services, a predecessor agency of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. In 1935 Pauline Baerwald married Myron "Johnny" S. Falk, Jr., and raised three children: Patricia, Michael and Nancy. Pauline, with support from Johnny, was a founder of the New Lincoln School in Manhattan, having attended the Lincoln School as a child. They maintained connection to charitable social work throughout their lives.

Myron "Johnny" S. Falk, Jr., son of Myron S. Falk, was born in New York City in 1906. In 1928 he earned a degree at Yale and a B.S. in Engineering from MIT in 1929. During World War II Johnny was a commissioned officer in the army, posted to the Pentagon ordinance section, applying his engineering and management skills to the task of munitions production. The family moved to Washington, D.C. during the war. In addition to his professional career as an investment banker with Ralph E. Samuels and Co., Johnny was a director of the New York Foundation and Hebrew Technical Institute. He was a board member of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and Bennington College.

Pauline and Johnny were both introduced to Chinese art early in life. Johnny's father collected Chinese porcelain to decorate his New York home. In keeping with the taste of the times, most of his pieces were Kangxi blue and white porcelains. On his sixtieth birthday he divided his porcelains among his three children. Several years later Johnny and his sister, Mildred, gave many of those Kangxi porcelains to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to be permanently installed, together with many other porcelains, to re-create the original appearance of the Whistler Peacock Room.

Pauline was introduced to Chinese art by her uncle, Emil Baerwald, who took her to the Metropolitan Museum to see the Bishop Collection and on visits to Yamanaka and Company on Fifth Avenue, where Mr. Shirai would take them into the private rooms to see the rarest pieces. Emil Baerwald lived in Europe, and, as an active collector of Chinese ceramics, he became acquainted with leading Chinese art collectors there, including George Eumorfopoulos and Sir Percival David. He provided introductions to collectors when Pauline and Johnny visited England in 1950.

In 1937 Pauline and Johnny made their first trip to China on Pan Am's Clipper, flying from San Francisco to Manila. It was during their first visit to China that Johnny and Pauline began buying early Chinese pottery and works of art. Pauline referred to this trip as the one trip that formed their collection. On this flight they met K.C. Chung, a consultant and friend for years to come. Pauline's uncle, Ernst Baerwald, lived in Tokyo and was well connected in the arts. Through his introductions they met significant art dealers, including Mathias Komor, who became an advisor to them.

Pauline and Johnny were contributors the founding of many Asian art organizations in America during the years following World War II and the Korean War. They participated in the establishment of the Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America in 1945, a scholarly journal which was renamed Archives of Asian Art in 1966 and continues publication today.

Pauline and Johnny were strong supporters of the Asia Society, where Johnny was a trustee. In 1971 they were among the first participants in the Japan Society and were founding members of the Friends of Japan House Gallery. Johnny was also a trustee of the Research Laboratory of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1966 until his death. In 1950 Pauline and Johnny attended a meeting of the Oriental Ceramic Society (OCS) of London, and a few years later Johnny became the OCS representative in North America, a post he held for more than thirty years.

Johnny Falk died in 1992 and Pauline Baerwald Falk passed away in 2000, the same year the collection of approximately 700 items was assigned to Christie's.

Provenance:: Gift of the Falk family.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.

Rights:: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Occupation:: Philanthropists Search this

Topic:: World War, 1939-1945 Search this; Bronzes, Chinese Search this; Ceramics -- China Search this; Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting Search this

Genre/Form:: Correspondence; Photographs; Diaries -- 20th century; Maps -- 20th century

Citation:: Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers, FSA.A2002.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Falk family.

Sponsor:: Processed in 2022 with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:: FSA.A2002.03

See more items in:: Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers

Archival Repository:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc35440acda-af34-4172-9ab4-0a564fcfb41f

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2002-03

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Collection Creator:: Washburn Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Search this

Container:: Box 20, Folder 3

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1977-1990

Collection Restrictions:: This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.