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Treadwell Account Books, 1861-1865
- Summary
- Includes accounts of several employees of George B. and Sanford L. Treadwell of Mittineagus, Massachusetts, two written as small pieces of paper sewn between covers of calfskin. One volume is for 1861, one for 1862, and the other for 1863-1865
- Cite as
- Treadwell Account Books, 1861-1865, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Madeleine Wilkinson
- Date
- 1861
- 1861-1865
- 19th century
- author
- Treadwell, George B
- donor
- Wilkinson, Madeleine
- author
- Treadwell, Sanford L
- collector
- Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 204579 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Timothy Prescott's Lesson Book, 1803
- Notes
- A note to "Mr. Watkins" (probably Malcolm Watkins, SI curator) from the donor in the collection control file indicates that the lesson book is dated Jan. 10, 1803 and that it was "used in Westford before [Timothy Prescott] moved to Littleton and then Concord."
- Summary
- Lesson book text consists primarily of mathematical exercises, with a few pages devoted to penmanship. Also includes a partial page of the "Republican Gazetteer, Boston, Sept. 4, 1802, used as an end page
- Cite as
- Timothy Prescott's Lesson Book, 1803, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1802
- 1802-1803
- 1803
- 19th century
- author
- Prescott, Timothy (student)
- donor
- Prescott, Gertrude
- collector
- Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 247104 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Agricultural and Brick Account Book, 1824-1846
- Summary
- Account book of an unidentified person, possibly living in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, includes entries regarding items purchased and sold, such as bricks and agricultural products, and a record of himself and other persons employed, including the rental of animal teams for ploughing
- Cite as
- Agricultural and Brick Account Book, 1824-1846, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1824
- 1824-1846
- 1800-1850
- 1820-1850
- 19th century
- donor
- Golovin, Anne Castrodale
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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E. Murdock & Co. Records, 1866-1954
- Notes
- Elisha Murdock founded the E. Murdock & Company in 1834 in Winchendon, Massachusetts. This company manufactured wood wares (such as tubs and pails), 1831-1931. A Boston plant operated until 1882. In 1929, Murdock's company merged with Keene Woodworking Company in New Hampshire and the West Swanzey plant to form the New England Woodenware Corporation. In 1958 the company moved to New Hampshire temporarily. Today it produces boxes in Gardener, Massachusetts
- Summary
- Correspondence from customers, catalogues, monthly statements and receipts; also price lists and miscellaneous items, such as bulletins, advertisements, and a census report
- Cite as
- E. Murdock Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American His
- Date
- 1866
- 1866-1954
- 19th century
- collector
- Murdock, E (Woodware Manufacturing)
- Subject
- Whitney, Elisha
- Whitney, William
- New England Woodenware Corporation
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, ca. 1899-1972
- Notes
- The United Shoe Machinery Company was formed by the merger of three competing shoe machinery firms in 1899. In 1903, it began construction of a new factory in Beverly, Mass, about 35 miles from Boston. At its peak, this company employed 9,000 workers and produced 85% of all shoemaking machines in the United States
- Summary
- Collection includes approximately 5,000 glass plate negatives (1909-1932) and 1.5 cu. ft. of safety negatives (1932-1960s) documenting different types and models of shoe-making machines produced by USMC. Other major records include a sampling of important research project files, scrapbooks concerning advances in shoe-making technology by USMC, company catalogs, and other items
- Photographs: Include Turner Tanning Machinery Co. Photographs, 1926-1937 (8" x 10" photoprints, some in albums); and pictures taken in the Beverly factory
- Series 20, Audio-Visual Materials: includes color and black-and-white 16mm motion pictures, ca. 1934-1972
- Cite as
- United Shoe Machinery Company Collection, ca. 1899-1972, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1899
- 1972
- ca 1899-1972
- 1900-1950
- 20th century
- 19th-20th century
- donor
- United Shoe Machinery Company/Corporation
- author
- Palmer, Wilson
- Creator
- Smith (H.E.) & Company
- author
- Turner Tanning Machinery Company
- Subject
- Emhart Corporation
- Local number
- 1993.3159 (NMAH Acc.)
- 1993.3199 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Hotels : stereographs, ca. 1860s-1905 (mostly ca. 1875-1890)
- Summary
- Seventy-two images of hotels and hotel grounds from popular resort areas, including five from Florida, six from Massachusetts, seventeen from New Hampshire, twenty-eight from New York, two from Pennsylvania (one of which is actually an image of a miniature model), and other identified and unidentifed hotels, including an image with bathhouses in the foreground
- Cite as
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1860
- 1905
- ca 1860s-1905
- mostly ca 1875-1890
- 1860-1910
- 1880-1900
- collector
- Warshaw, Isadore d. 1969
- photographer
- Bierstadt, Charles
- photographe
- Pach, G. W
- photographer
- Weller, F.G
- Purviance, W.T.
- Wendt, Julius
- stereograph publisher
- Keystone View Company
- Littleton View Company
- White, F., and Company
- New Jersey Stereoscopic View Company
- Subject
- Tip Top House [hotel]
- Glen House [hotel]
- Profile House [hotel]
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Prisons : stereographs, ca. 1865-1880
- Summary
- An interior view of Sing Sing by Anthony; the Chain Shop in the Massachusetts State Prison, and the North Carolina Penitentiary in Raleigh
- Cite as
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1865
- 1880
- ca 1865-1880
- 1860-1880
- 19th century
- 1880-1900
- photographers
- Anthony, E. and H. T
- Subject
- Sing Sing (penitentiary)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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World expositions : stereographs, ca. 1867-1915
- Notes
- Stereograph in World's Columbian Exposition group shows John Bull locomotive and train and "great Krupp Guns."
- Summary
- Includes the Centennial Exhibition (7, incl. 1 of Machinery Hall, pub. by Burr & Manley Dry Goods, Groceries and Clothing, Manchester Depot, Vermont; and 4 by Centennial Photographic Co.); Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Thirteenth Exhibition, 1878 (1); World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 (25); Paris Exposition, 1867 (1); Exposition Universelle, 1900 (1); Pan-American Exposition (1); Panama-California Exposition, 1915 (1); A.Y.P. Exposition (2); 2 unidentified. Other photographers and publishers represented include B.W. Kilburn
- Date
- 1867
- 1867-1915
- ca 1867-1915
- 1860-1900
- 1870-1880
- 1900-1910
- collector
- Warshaw, Isadore d. 1969
- stereograph publisher
- Kilburn, B. W
- Centennial Photographic Co
- Burr & Manley Dry Goods, Groceries and Clothing
- Subject
- Krupp (gun manufacturer)
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Exposition universelle de 1867 (Paris, France)
- Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916 : San Diego, Calif.)
- Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
State House, Capitol of Massachusetts. [Active no. 12801 : stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.5 [151], moved from [157]
- Similar to RSN 7152. Orig. no. 247-C
- Date
- 1895
- 1920-1930
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 1418
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Washington St., and the old South Meeting House. Active no. 12802 : half-stereo photonegative
- Notes
- Similar to RSN 7153
- Currently stored in box 1.1.5 [151]. Orig. no. 249
- Date
- 1895
- 1920-1930
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 1419
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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