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"The Seagram Spotlight" photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1996-310
Abstract:

The Bronfman family of Canada acquired the Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Co. of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1927. By the 1950s, Seagram was one of the world's largest alcoholic beverage firms. This collection is composed of photographs used as illustrations in The Seagram Spotlight, a "monthly house organ published by and for the staff of Seagram Distiller's Corporation," according to the 20th anniversary issue (December 1936).

Dates: 1947-1957

Transportation Displays, Inc. photographs and plans

 Collection
Accession: 1992-243
Abstract:

Transportation Displays Inc. (TDI) was an advertising sales agency targeting the commuter market. Founded in New York in 1938, the company installed and maintained placard advertising, posters, signs, and other displays aimed primarily at daily commuters, in railroad stations, passenger cars, menus, and timetables. The collection consists of photographs showing a wide variety of advertising placed and maintained by Transportation Displays, Inc. in train stations throughout the Northeastern United States. Also included are sketch plans of many of the stations, showing locations of poster frames and advertisements.

Dates: 1948-1967

Victor Talking Machine Company advertising brochure

 Collection
Accession: 1998-266
Abstract:

The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American phonograph record company. In 1901, Eldridge Johnson (1867-1945) combined his patents with those of Emile Berliner (1851-1929), incorporating the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey and adopting the "His Master's Voice" trademark from Berliner. It increased in success by signing Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) and John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932) among others to recording contracts, by introducing the Victrola with its enclosed horn in 1906, and by improving recording technology. This item is an advertising brochure for Victor Talking Machine Company records.

Dates: 1914

Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company print and printing plate

 Collection
Accession: 1999-227
Abstract:

The Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company was founded in New Castle, Pennsylvania by Italian immigrant, Constantino Vitale (1876-1949) in 1922. It became a family business as his four sons and one of his sons-in-law joined him in the management and operation of the company. In 1993, the company was reorganized and now does business as Pyrotecnico FX. This collection consists of a proof and the printing plate it was made from of a page from a fireworks catalog put out by the Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company of New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Dates: circa 1930

Walter Magee Annette's DuPont advertising envelopes and blotter

 Collection
Accession: 1995-242
Abstract:

Walter Magee Annettee (1874-1955) was a DuPont Company dynamite salesman, who was based in Birmingham, Alabama. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont the company began with the production of gunpowder. These are illustrated envelopes advertising DuPont Company smokeless powder and blasting powder; Giant powder (a product of Atlantic Dynamite Co.); Atlas powder (a product of Repauno Chemical Co.); and Hercules powder (a product of Hercules Powder Co.).

Dates: 1903-1906

Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

 Collection
Accession: 1995-243
Abstract:

Ward and Gow, a New York advertising agency, is credited as one of the first firms to "systematize" advertising in the New York subway and elevated marketplace. These fifteen photographs document advertising on New York City elevated train platforms and on subway cars. Each photo's location is given in the lower right side of the image.

Dates: 1903-1910

Warner Company photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2008-206
Abstract:

The Warner Company produced lime, sand, and gravel, as well as products derived from those raw materials, such as hydrated lime for agricultural, chemical, construction, and domestic use, plaster, masonry, cement, and concrete. This collection consists of photographs, negatives, advertisements, lantern slides, 35mm slides, and albums from the Warner Company from about 1900 through 1970; the bulk of the material dates to about 1925 to 1955.

Dates: 1795-1998; Majority of material found within 1910-1970

William Lea & Sons Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1907
Abstract:

The Lea family were among the largest flour mill operators at the Brandywine Fills, near Wilmington, Delaware, beginning in the 1770s until 1927. The mill operated under multiple company names, including Tatnall & Lea, William Lea & Sons, William Lea & Sons Company, Lea Milling Company, and Lea & Company. The records consist of letters, orders, receipts, and advertisements of the William Lea & Sons Company and its predecessors.

Dates: 1822-1890

Wm. Rogers & Son silverplate display cards

 Collection
Accession: 1996-215
Abstract:

Wm. Rogers & Son was a trademark used by the International Silver Company in silverplate. Various independent New England silversmiths came together and formed the International Silver Company in 1898. These items are point-of-sale advertising display cards for Wm. Rogers & Son silverplate.

Dates: circa 1930

World's Columbian Exposition souvenir flyer

 Collection
Accession: 2004-261
Abstract:

World's Columbian Exposition, the Chicago World's Fair which was staged from May to October, 1893, commemorated 400 years since Columbus's New World arrival. This is a flyer advertising the American Aristotype Paper and G. Cramer photographic dry plates.

Dates: 1893.

Z. Taylor Vinson collection of transportation ephemera

 Collection
Accession: 20100108-ZTV
Abstract:

Consists of Z. Taylor Vinson's collection of transportation ephemera, which focuses primarily on automobile history but also documents other forms of transportation. Includes trade catalogs, books, magazines, and artifacts in addition to manuscripts relating to Vinson's career at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Dates: 1860-2011; bulk 1893-2009

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Audiovisual Collections 81
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Gunpowder industry 17
Ephemera 13
Hunting 11
Railroads 10
Packaging -- Design 9
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Game and game-birds 6
Marketing 6
Posters 6
Sales promotion 6
Advertising agencies 5
Electronic industries 5
Explosives industry 5
Finishes and finishing 5
Automobile industry and trade 4
Exhibitions 4
Matchcovers 4
Packaging 4
Phonograph industry 4
Planographic prints 4
Railroads -- Rolling stock 4
Transportation—Aesthetic aspects 4
Alcoholic beverage industry 3
Amusement parks 3
Commercial art 3
Food -- Packaging 3
Gunpowder, Smokeless 3
Household electronics 3
Industrial design 3
Public relations 3
Railroad stations 3
Stores, Retail 3
Television 3
Trade cards 3
Women's clothing industry 3
Advertising campaigns 2
Automobiles -- Cleaning 2
Automobiles -- Painting 2
Bank buildings 2
Cellophane industry 2
Chemical industry 2
Clothing and dress 2
Computer storage devices 2
Construction projects 2
Correspondence 2
Cosmetics industry 2
Department stores 2
Distilleries 2
Distilling industries 2
Distilling industries -- Employees 2
Electronic industry workers 2
Employees -- Training of 2
Factories 2
Factories -- Equipment and supplies 2
Fashion designers 2
Fashion merchandising 2
Financial statements 2
Graphic design (Typography) 2
Insurance companies 2
Marketing research 2
Oral histories 2
Patents 2
Periodicals 2
Plastics industry and trade 2
Printing industry 2
Radio -- Receivers and reception 2
Railroads in art 2
Receipts (Financial records) 2
Sales personnel -- Training of 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sewing -- Equipment and supplies 2
Sewing-machine industry 2
Shopping malls 2
Television commercials 2
Textile fibers, Synthetic 2
Textile industry 2
Timetables 2
Typewriter industry 2
Women employees 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
Account books 1
Aeronautics 1
Agriculture 1
Airlines 1
Anthracite coal industry 1
Architectural design 1
Architectural drawings 1
Automobile dealers 1
Automobile factories 1
Automobiles -- Design and construction 1
Bank employees 1
Banks and banking 1
Biography 1
Bookbinding 1
Bookkeeping machines 1
Bus lines 1
Calculators 1
Canals 1
Carbonated beverages -- Equipment and supplies 1
Cement plants 1
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Names
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 16
Pennsylvania Railroad 4
RCA Corporation 4
Laflin & Rand Powder Co 3
Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986 3
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Unknown 3
American Aristotype Co 2
ConRail 2
DeMirjian, Charles H., 1925-2021 2
Dick, John A., 1879-1972 2
Du Pont Motors, Incorporated 2
Du Pont, E. Paul (Eleuthére Paul), 1887-1950 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Advertising Department 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Sporting Powder Division 2
Fuller, A.D. (Arthur Davenport), 1889-1966 2
Hercules Powder Company 2
Hoskins, Gayle Porter, 1887-1962 2
Hunt, Lynn Bogue, 1878-1960 2
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 2
Penn Central Transportation Company 2
Reading Terminal (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Singer Company 2
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 2
Steel, James W., 1799-1879 2
Strawbridge & Clothier 2
Tweddle, Allen H. (Allen Harrison) 2
Victor Talking Machine Company 2
Vinson, Z. Taylor 2
Adams Express Company 1
American Railway Association 1
American Trading Company 1
Amtrak 1
Annette, Walter Magee, 1874-1955 1
Arthurs, Stanley Massey, 1877-1950 1
Association of American Railroads 1
Association of Railway Executives (U.S.) 1
Avon Products, Inc 1
Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914 1
Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Baird, Matthew, 1817-1877 1
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc 1
Baugh & Sons 1
Beck, Thomas R., 1949-2020 1
Beech Creek Railroad Company 1
Benton & Bowles 1
Bertrand, Charles Edward, 1915-1978 1
Biddle, Edward R. (Edward Robert) 1
Bonwit Teller & Co 1
Bronfman family 1
Bronfman, Samuel, 1891-1971 1
Budd Company 1
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1
C.A. Edgarton Manufacturing Co. 1
C.W. Parker Amusement Company 1
California Perfume Company 1
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc 1
Capital Airlines 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Central Railroad of New Jersey 1
Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 1
Clothier, Isaac H. (Isaac Hallowell), 1837-1921 1
Corbin, Austin, 1827-1896 1
Cushman, Helen Baker 1
David Sarnoff Library 1
DeLand, Clyde O., 1872-1947 1
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company 1
Dice, Agnew T. (Agnew Thomson), 1862-1932 1
Dickson, Samuel, 1837-1915 1
Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd 1
Dooner, Richard T. 1
Drexel, Morgan & Co 1
Du Pont family 1
Du Pont, Jean Kane Foulke, 1891-1985 1
Dupont Theatre (Wilmington, Del.) 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Cellophane Division 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chestnut Run Laboratories 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. DuPont Hospitality 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Explosives Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Polymer Products Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company 1
Eastman Kodak Company 1
Eli Bridge Company 1
Elmira, Cortland, and Northern Railroad Company 1
Emlen, William F. (William Fishbourn), 1787-1866 1
Empire Transportation Company 1
Ewing, Charles H., 1866-1935 1
Fall Brook Railway Company 1
Forbush, Edward 1
Forman, Louis, 1908-2002 1
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 1
G. Cramer Dry Plate Works 1
Gardner Machine Works 1
Geist, Mike (Meyer Jacob), 1922-2013 1
Gilpin, Van Trump and Montgomery, Inc 1
Gowan & Marx 1
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