NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY 

 Donors to the Collection 



A-Mark Precious Metals Incorporated (through Bruce Kaplan): one-ounce pure 

 silver medallion, Liberty Silver, struck oy A-Mark Precious Metals 

 Incorporated (1986.0504). 



John A. Abbott, M.D. : silver tablespoon bearing the mark of a leaping fish, 

 associated with Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition, mid-19th century 

 (1982.0254). 



Marie Willcox Abbott: report of a shopping trip with 14 fabric samples 

 attached, 19th century (1984.1054). 



Mignon S. Acker: fragment of printed cloth, mid-19th century (1986.0121). 



Helen L. Ackermann: meter bar in a walnut case replicated by the National 

 Bureau of Standards from the platinum Paris Standard (1985.0819). 



Don Adair: signed reproduction of the official poster for the 1934 



Republican National Convention, designed by Mr. Adair (1985.0070). 



Robert McCormick Adams: 8 coins from a 1983 Republic of Panama proof set 

 (1985.0201) . 



Rita J. Adrosko: certificate of First Holy Communion and a photograph of Rita 

 Adrosko, both 1939 (1982.0414); 13 miscellaneous Polish-American and 

 Catholic articles made and used for Baptism and First Holy Communion, 

 1917-18 (1983.0688); 2 pins of the Nocturnal Adoration Society of St. 

 Michael's Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1941-51, and a Singer 

 Manufacturing Company identification tag (1984.0239); girl's necklace, 

 ring, and bar brooch in original box and a girl's bracelet, all 1933-36 

 (1985.0731); aluminum tray made by Admiration Products Co., New York, 

 1930s (1986.0079). 



The Aerospace Corporation, Aerophysics Laboratory, Laboratory Operations 



(through Harold Mirels): nozzle block used for the first demonstration of 

 a continuous wave chemical laser (1985.0147). 



AFL-CIO, George Meany Memorial Archives (through Katherine Vogel): 2 oadges; 

 banner, "Be UnionI Buy Label!;" hat, "Right to Work is a Rip Off;" 

 button, "Women Power, I Belong;" and a patch, "AFL-CIO Auxiliaries," all 

 relating to the AFL-CIO (1985.0950). 



AFL-CIO, Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union (through Sam H. 3egler): 

 patch, money clip, button, pen, shop card, and a sheet of stationery for 

 the Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union (1986.0350). 



Elena Agnini: Fisher "Space" ball-point pen (1935.0654). 



Richard E. Ahlborn: pine drain board for a cheese press made and used by the 

 Spanish of northern New Mexico, 1890-1940 (1981.0736); photograph in 

 tramp-art frame "Booney Forge and Tool Works Clam 3ake...l937" 

 (1984.0814); 4 engravings from Harper ' s Weekly , 1374; an engraving of the 

 "Map of the Pilgrim's Progress," 1350; and a chromolithograph of "St. 

 Rita of Cascia," ca. 1900, all with religious themes (1935.0303). 



Anjum Sultana Ahmed: 15 stamps and a cut corner of a stamped envelope, all 



from the Indian Princely State of Hyderabad (1985.0567); 3 bank notes of 

 the Indian Princely State of Hyderabad, 1939-53 issues (1985.0603). 



Lucien Aigner: black and white gelatin print of a self-portrait by Mr. Aigner, 

 1932 (1985.0925). 



Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (through Robert L. Ruzensky) : 4 



stickers, a sheet of letterhead and envelope, bumper sticker, pamphlet, 

 patch, button, and a pen top, all relating to the Aircraft Mechanics 

 Fraternal Association (1986.0331). 



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