Dennis Manochio Fireworks Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Manochio, Dennis
label: Names
content: Little Bo-Peep (Fictitious character)
label: Names
content: Sambo (Fictitious character)
label: Names
content: Superman (Fictitious character)
topic: label: Topic
content: Fishing
label: Topic
content: Rickshaws
label: Topic
content: Wheels
label: Topic
content: Ethnic imagery
label: Topic
content: Camels
label: Topic
content: Birds
label: Topic
content: Cowboys
label: Topic
content: Circuses (performances)
label: Topic
content: Dragons
label: Topic
content: Dogs
label: Topic
content: Cats
label: Topic
content: Gorilla
label: Topic
content: Roosters -- Pictorial works
label: Topic
content: Lions
label: Topic
content: Tigers
label: Topic
content: Elephants
label: Topic
content: Hawks
label: Topic
content: Pirates
label: Topic
content: Anchors
label: Topic
content: Fireworks
label: Topic
content: Logos (Symbols)
label: Topic
content: Horses -- Logos (Symbols)
label: Topic
content: Coyote (Canis latrans)
label: Topic
content: Swallows
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History through Sgt. Leonard Anderson, Office of the Sheriff, Santa Clara County, California on July 11, 1995.
creator: label: Collector
content: Manochio, Dennis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dennis Manochio Fireworks Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Fireworks packaging, labels, wrappers and boxes. Many of the labels contain illustrations and logos with ethnic imagery, often stereotypical, and a variety of other subjects.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collector of patriotic ephemera and fireworks dealer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (2 Boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1920s-1940s.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was created by Dennis Manochio Sr., a fireworks dealer and was confiscated by law enforcement officials.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0533
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Packaging
label: Type
content: Labels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Brands
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, May 2003.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Packaging
label: Genre/Form
content: Labels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of fireworks labels, wrappers, and packaging, part of a crate, and one product catalogue for the Martin's Real Fireworks Displays of Iowa.  The majority of the fireworks labels and packaging were made in China or Macao, but some were made in the United States, Canada, and India.  The labels are in Chinese, English, French, and German.  Many of the labels are for "firecrackers," small noisemaking cylinders that are an inch and a half in length, often strung together with others and fused consecutively.  Other types of fireworks include ladyfingers (a small ¾" firecracker), cherry bombs and M-80s (illegal firecracker with a small red sphere an inch in diameter with flash powder), rockets (a cylinder with cone shaped head filled with pyrotechnic materials), shells or bombs (a canister fired out of a mortar), and torpedoes (fulminate of mercury mixed with grit and twisted in a piece of paper).  The collection is particular rich in ethnic imagery.  Other images include" elephant, birds, cowboys, anchors, pirates, tigers, cats, dogs, camels, cocks, lions, coyotes, dragons, wheels, horses, gorillas, rick shaws, rockets, fishing, and superman to name a few.  The collection is divided into one series by fireworks brands and is arranged alphabetically.  Information is provided for where the fireworks were manufactured, what company made them and what company distributed them.  Most labels are undated.