| The Fair of the Iron Horse : Baltimore and Ohio Centenary Exhibition and Pageant souvenir postcards, 1927
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| Creator: |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.280 |
| Extent: |
15 items |
| Abstract: |
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in the nation began operating in 1827. It spanned as
far north as New York and as far west as St. Louis and Chicago. This is a small collection of souvenir postcards that were
published for the The Fair of the Iron Horse, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centenary exhibition and pageant of 1927. It was
held near Baltimore, Maryland.
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| Fairmount Park glass plate negatives, after 1908
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| Creator: |
Unknown. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1971.597 |
| Extent: |
35 images |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of thirty-five glass negatives and one box. It documents locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s
Fairmount Park system. While the photographer is unidentified, and the images are undated and unlabeled, most images appear
to depict Wissahickon Valley Park, historically part of the Fairmount Park system.
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| Ferracute Machine Company records, 1863-1982, bulk 1937-1963
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| Creator: |
Ferracute Machine Company (Bridgeton, N.J.). |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1928 |
| Extent: |
5 linear feet, 84 microfilm reels |
| Abstract: |
The collection consists of materials assembled by Arthur J. Cox for the preparation of the company history,
Ferracute: The History of an American Enterprise (1985).
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| F.F. Slocomb & Company photographs, 1900-1955
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| Creator: |
F.F. Slocomb Corporation; Lubitsh & Bungarz; Royal Studio; Sanborn Studio |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1992.230 |
| Extent: |
42 images |
| Abstract: |
The F.F. Slocomb Corporation, engineers and fabricators of special machinery, was located in Wilmington, Delaware. The F.F.
Slocomb Corporation started in 1900 as a machine shop founded by Frank Slocomb. This collection consists largely of unidentified
loose photographs of machinery produced by the company. There are six views taken on the shop floor; some of these show workers.
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| F.H. Dow & Company Utopian chocolate candy boxes album, circa 1910-1920
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| Creator: |
F.H. Dow & Company.
New England Commercial Photograph.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1999.222 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
F.H. Dow & Company was a manufacturer of chocolates and candy. This album contains of photographs from F.H. Dow & Company
of Boston, Massachusetts, showing various box designs for Utopian chocolates.
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| Fiber spinning processes cartoons, circa 1970
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2014.223 |
| Extent: |
3 images |
| Abstract: |
The DuPont Company is a chemical company which commercially produces synthetic fibers such as Kevlar. This collection consists
of three pieces of artwork which were created for the DuPont Company Textile Fibers Department and hung in a shared work area.
The artwork are photostats and are signed “ELF”. The three pictures show various small, cheerful animals making synthetic
fiber by three different methods that are actually used (in slightly more sophisticated form) industrially.
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| Fingerman collection of ephemera, circa 1848-1968
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| Creator: |
Fingerman, Arlene;
Fingerman, Gerald
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2009.213 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Items with a specific and limited use, created with the intention of being discarded after serving their purpose, are called
ephemera. This collection consists of mixed-format ephemera from various endeavors within American culture, primarily the
manufacturing and selling of products or services.
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| Finnesey & Kobler photographs of delivery wagons, 1900-1920
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| Creator: |
Finnesey & Kobler (Firm).;
Loud, Edward P.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1989.267 |
| Extent: |
13 images |
| Abstract: |
Established in 1909, Finnesey & Kobler manufactured delivery wagons and carriages. This collection consists of thirteen builders
photographs of wagons made by Finnesey & Kobler, N.E. corner Brown and 27th Streets, Philadelphia. Each wagon is posed in
front of the office and warehouse.
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| Firehouses and historic buildings of Wilmington photographs, 1876-circa 1940
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1972.251 |
| Extent: |
5 items |
| Abstract: |
Collection consists of 5 photographs, four of which are exterior views of historic structures in Wilmington. Two fire companies
are pictured, the Friendship Firehouse in the late 1800s and the fire station of Company No. 1
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| Fitz Water Wheel Company photographs, 1912-1966
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| Creator: |
Fitz Water Wheel Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.218 |
| Extent: |
69 images |
| Abstract: |
The Fitz Water Wheel Company specialized in the manufacture of water wheels and small power plants, although it also manufactured
grain dryers and blowers. John Fitz (1847-1914), who succeeded his father as head of the firm, developed the modern steel
overshot water wheel. These photographic prints are transfers from the Fitz Water Wheel Company manuscript collection. They
document different residential and commercial sites where Fitz Water wheels were installed.
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| Florence, New Jersey lithograph, 1850-1867
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| Creator: |
Sinclair, Thomas |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1989.276 |
| Extent: |
1 image |
| Abstract: |
This is a hand-colored lithograph by Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia showing the wharf area and in the background the town
area of Florence, N.J., a 19th century leisure destination on the Delaware River in Burlington County.
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| Floyd Hollenbeck sales kit for Hanes Hosiery Mills Co. stereoviews and viewer, circa 1965
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| Creator: |
Hanes Hosiery Mills Co.;
Hollenbeck, Floyd, 1920-2002
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.226 |
| Extent: |
28 items |
| Abstract: |
Floyd Hollenbeck (1920-2002) worked for Trimfit Hosiery, a distribution company for Hanes Hosiery Mills Company. Hanes Hosiery
Mills Company was established in 1901. Hanes was an early adoptor of manufacturing nylon hosiery which was created in 1938.
Hanes Hosiery Mills researched and developed seamless pantyhose by the mid-1960s. This collection contains twenty-four stereoviews
of the Hanes Hosiery Mills Company Winston-Salem manufacturing plant and offices.
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| Foote Concrete Machinery Co. photographs, 1913-1936, 1955, undated
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| Creator: |
Foote Concrete Machinery Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2017.236 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Foote Concrete Machinery Co. manufactured road building machinery. Brothers, Chester T. Foote (1863-1918) and Charles
E. Foote (1858-1938) were inventors and concrete contractors in Nunda, New York. They founded the Foote Concrete Machinery
Co. in 1903. Foote Concrete Machinery Co. photographs is a small collection of images of road building machinery showing various
angles, details of equipment, and pavers in use with workmen crews.
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| For peace and freedom: The official song of the World's Fair of 1940 in New York sheet music, 1940
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| Creator: |
LaBarre, Eugene; Paull-Pioneer Music Corporation. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2002.242 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
World's Fairs or International Expositions are large-scale exhibitions that highlight technology, agriculture and other innovations
of national or cultural significance. The New York World's Fair took place in Flushing Meadows, Queens from April 30, 1939
to October 31, 1940. The theme was "The World of Tomorrow." This item is the sheet music for the official song of the 1939/1940
New York's World's Fair.
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| Fort DuPont panoramic photograph, undated
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| Creator: |
Royal Studio |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.153 |
| Extent: |
1 oversize folder |
| Abstract: |
Built in 1899, Fort DuPont was the headquarters for the Coastal Defense command area which included the Delaware River and
Bay. This panoramic photograph shows an exterior view of buildings (including officers quarters) and parade grounds at Fort
DuPont.
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| Francis Bannerman family photographs, circa 1870-1970, bulk 1969-1970
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| Creator: |
Bannerman family; Bannerman, Francis, 1851-1918 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2001.229 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Francis Bannerman Sons was a major purveyor of military goods to sportsmen and collectors in New York City over three generations.
The collection consists of photographs of Francis Bannerman and his family, including his wife, Nelly Boyce Bannerman, and
his sons, David and Francis. The collection also includes photographs of Bannerman's Island Arsenal, including images of the
1969 fire in full blaze and its destructive aftermath.
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| Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc. photographs, circa 1900-1920
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| Creator: |
Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.284 |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Francis Bannerman Sons was a major purveyor of military goods to sportsmen and collectors in New York City over three generations.
The collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, negatives, postcards and ephemera pertaining to the weapons and military
memorabilia business run by Francis Bannerman and to Bannerman's philanthropic and leisure activities.
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| Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc. records, 1855-1973
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| Creator: |
Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2185 |
| Extent: |
46 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Francis Bannerman (1820-1872) was a Brooklyn, N.Y., ship chandler who began selling Civil War military surplus as a side line.
His son Francis (1851-1918) developed a three-generation dealership in military surplus and military antiques serving sportsmen
and collectors. He also built a private arsenal on an island in the Hudson Highlands that is now a romantic ruin. The records
document the firm’s buying of military gear and arms in the U.S. and Europe and advertising them for resale.
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| Francis I. du Pont portrait, undated
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.015 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Francis I. du Pont (1873-1942) was a chemist, inventor, and stockbroker most celebrated for his involvement with the partnership
of Francis I. du Pont and Company, stockbrokers in New York, and the Delaware Chemical Engineering Company in Wilmington.
This collection contains a color photograph of a portrait of Francis I. du Pont painted by Gordon Stevenson.
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| Francis Victor du Pont family papers, 1804-1961, bulk 1915-1960
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| Creator: |
du Pont, Francis Victor, 1894-1962 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0351 |
| Extent: |
5.6 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) was a civil engineer and political figure in Delaware and Maryland. This collection combines
papers and memorabilia of Francis Victor du Pont and those of his parents and ancestors.
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| Frank A. Weer collection (selected items), 1796-1990
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| Creator: |
Weer, Frank A. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2688 |
| Extent: |
10 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
A portion of a much larger collection of official railroad company documents, maps and drawings collected by a former employee
of the Reading Company and Conrail. Documents are primarily those of the Reading Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Penn
Central Transportation Company and Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).
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| Frank E. Schoonover negatives, 1898-1972, bulk 1898-1911
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| Creator: |
Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2017.239 |
| Extent: |
11 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Based in Wilmington, Delaware, Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was a prolific commercial illustrator, artist, and avid
photographer. Over the course of a six-decade career, he completed more than twenty-five hundred works, primarily illustrations
for magazines and books but also landscapes, portraits, murals, book plates, sculpture, and stained-glass windows. This collection
consists of negatives taken by Schoonover, largely for use as source material for his artwork. There are also images of his
artwork, restoration projects, and him, his family, and friends.
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| Fred L. Bechly papers, 1944-2004
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| Creator: |
Bechly, Fred L., 1924-2004 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2586 |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Fred L. Bechly (1924-2004) was an electrical engineer who worked for RCA's Camden, New Jersey, plant, where he aided in the
invention of the Tricolor Kinescope Monitor, which became the standard for color television. His papers describe his work
with RCA in television and video recording from 1944 to 1983.
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| Frederick O. Barnum III collection of RCA Victor Company negatives, circa 1930-1977
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| Creator: |
Radio Corporation of America.;
Victor Talking Machine Company.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.220 |
| Extent: |
165 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
For over fifty years the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the country's leading manufacturers and vendors of
radios, phonographs, televisions, and a wide array of consumer and military electronics products. The Radio Corporation of
America (RCA) and the Victor Talking Machine Company merged in 1929 becoming the RCA Victor Company in 1930. This merger allowed
RCA to consolidate the research, engineering, manufacturing and sales of RCA products. This collection consists of negatives,
a majority of which feature sound and television equipment manufactured by RCA. These images include phonographs, radios,
radio-phonograph combinations, records, speakers, amplifiers, microphones, facsimile machines, televisions, equipment involved
in the transmission and reception of television and radio waves, radio equipment created for use by government agencies and
motion picture equipment.
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| Frederick W. Wood papers, 1867-1943
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| Creator: |
Wood, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1857-1943 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0884 |
| Extent: |
13.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Frederick William Wood was an executive and engineer in the steel and shipbuilding industries. His papers constitute a major
source on the history of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers are
primarily official records of the various companies with which Wood was associated.
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| French exhibit at the Exposicion Internacional del Centenario album, 1910
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| Creator: |
Peiriot, José. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.286 |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Abstract: |
The Exposicion Internacional del Centenario commemorated the centennial of the May Revolution in Argentina and its consequent
independence from Spain. It was an international exhibition that was held in 1910 between May and November in the capital
of Buenos Aires. The photographs in the album consist of views of France's exhibit and include the exterior and interior of
the pavilion.
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