Object Details
Summary
This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of material organized with the same subject headings as the Warshaw Collection, i.e., generally by product type. Additional subject headings will be added as needed. New material, much of it from the second half of the twentieth century, is added regularly to this collection. This collection is sometimes informally called "Warshaw Junior" by the staff and researchers.
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Creator
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ravnitzky, Michael
Place
Europe
Puerto Rico
Topic
Abrasives industry
Alternative medicine
Aged -- Care
Buildings -- Maintenance
Children's clothing
Computers
Credit
Disabilities
Easter
Ecology
Franchises (Retail trade)
Freight and freightage
Halloween
Internet
Interior decoration
Mental health
Parades
People with disabilities
Storage and moving trade
Vegetarianism
Weight loss
Provenance
This collection was compiled by the Archives Center from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
Creator
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ravnitzky, Michael
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Archives Center Business Americana Collection
Accruals
The Archives Center continues to add to this collection.
Biographical / Historical
This collection contains miscellaneous business ephemera. The material is similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, but no new material is incorporated into the Warshaw Collection. The material in the Archives Center Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources, including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian staff.
Extent
29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
Date
circa 1900-present
Custodial History
The Archives Center Music Collection (NMAH.AC.0795) and the Archives Center Sports Memorabilia Collection (NMAH.AC.0796) now form part of this collection.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0404
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertisements
Advertising cards
Business ephemera
Calendars
Commercial imagery
Ephemera
Letterheads
Maps
Photographs
Print advertising
Trade catalogs
Citation
Archives Center Business Americana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1: Subjects
Series 2: Geographical
Processing Information
Initially processed by Susan Strange, archivist, 2014. Addenda processed by Jack Barral, Caroline Kleiner, Thalia Chrysanthis, Abigail Phelps, and Erin Wiebe, interns, 2019.
The Archives Center Music Collection (NMAH.AC.0795) and the Archives Center Sports Memorabilia Collection (NMAH.AC.0796) now form part of this collection.
Rights
Possible copyright and/or trademark restrictions on material in collection. Consult repository.
Genre/Form
Advertisements -- 20th century
Advertising cards
Advertisements
Business ephemera
Calendars
Commercial imagery
Ephemera
Letterheads
Maps -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Print advertising
Trade catalogs
Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
NMAH.AC.0404
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Record ID
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