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Photographs

National Museum of American History

Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.0846_ref18
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8506525ae-13b9-47bb-8a6c-16e4a02e8dc5
Collection Creator
Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
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Messmore and Damon Company Records
Date
1900 - 1997
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0846, Series 9
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Messmore and Damon Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection 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.
Scope and Contents
The photographs consist of black-and-white and color prints, slides, negatives, and transparencies documenting the Messmore family, parades, float and display construction, and other World's Fairs. The series is arranged topically into five subseries: Subseries 9.1: Family; Subseries 9.2: Subjects; Subseries 9.3: Chronological; Subseries 9.3: Chronological; Subseries 9.4; Miscellaneous, and Subseries 9.5: Postcards; Subseries 9.6: Negatives. The majority of the photographs are family-related images and depict the Messmore family traveling, in their home, and celebrating holidays and birthday parties, especially children's birthdays. Some of the earlier family photographs, circa 1900-1930, contain portraits of various family members. In some instances, individual photographs were removed from albums. Many of the subjects relate to specific projects undertaken by Messmore and Damon, Inc. such as their History of Federal Hall Exhibit. This subseries is arranged alphabetically. The Century of Progress photographs include a nudist wedding. Many of the parade/float photographs depict completed floats on parade routes, especially Labor Day Parades, and in some instances depict the employees/display makers constructing floats and other elements in the shop. The Labor Day Parade photographs contain patriotic themes such as "Build a Stronger America" and placards on floats such as the "Clinton/Gore" campaign. Many of the parade floats were designed for various labor unions. Streetscapes of various U.S. cities are also included and presumably were taken for planning parade routes.
Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions. Reference copies for the audio discs do not exist. Use of these materials requires special arrangement with Archives Center staff. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.
NMAH.AC.0846_ref18
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8506525ae-13b9-47bb-8a6c-16e4a02e8dc5
NMAH.AC.0846
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1503510311145-1503510311179-0

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