Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Fireworks
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Fireworks
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0.47 Cubic feet
consisting of 1 box, 1 oversize folder.
circa 1859-1914
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Fireworks forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Processing Information
Oversize material is unprocessed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Fireworks is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Fireworks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Series 1: Business Ephemera
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Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
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Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
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Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Scope and Contents
This material consists primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, printed advertisements, price lists, bills/receipts, programs and catalogs from manufacturers, distributors, and importers of fireworks. The material dates from ca. 1859 - 1914.
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries. The first is arranged alphabetically by company. The second is arranged by type.
- Subseries 1: Companies
- Subseries 2: Programs, Images, and Miscellaneous
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Fireworks
Amusements
Companies
1
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Allan Pyro Spectacular Company, New York
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1
1
Badeau, Lockwood & Company, Barclay, New York
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1
2
Bennett, Edwin, New York
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1
3
Brown, A. S. & J., Boston, Massachusetts
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1
4
Consolidated Fireworks Company of America, New York
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1
5
Cutter, Austin & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
5
Detwiller & Street Fireworks Manufacturing Company, New York
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1
6
Edge, Joseph G. & Isaac,
Jersey City, New Jersey
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1
6
Gregory Fireworks Company, Chicago, Illinois
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1
7
International Fireworks Company, Schenectady, New York
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1
8
International Sparkler Company, Belleville, New Jersey
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1
8
Lilliendahl, G.
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1
9
A. Lyon Brothers, New York
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1
10
Masten & Wells Fireworks Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
11-16
Miller, George, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
17
Pain Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois
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1
18-20
Peabody & Whitney, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
21
Rotonde, Paschal & Company, Schenectady, New York
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1
22
Sanderson & Lanergan, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
23
Scofield, W. R., New York
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1
24
Schenectady Fireworks Company, Schenectady, New York
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1
25
Unexcelled Fireworks Company, St.Louis, Missouri
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1
26
United Fireworks Company, Trenton, New Jersey
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1
27
Wagner, C. A., Columbus, Ohio
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1
28
Wells, B. T., Boston, Massachusetts
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1
28
Programs, Images, and Miscellaneous
2
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Programs
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1
29
General Images
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1
30
Miscellaneous
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1
31-32
Fireworks
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21
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