Black and Decker Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Black & Decker Corporation (Towson, Md.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Black & Decker Corporation (Towson, Md.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Black and Decker Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Approximately 150 photographic negatives, 54 photographic prints, and two rolls of film negatives documenting the history of the Black and Decker Corporation, from a few years after its founding in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1910, through the 1990s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1992
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, 2017.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1441
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series. 

Series 1: Company Files, 1910-1975

Series 2: Photographs, 1914-1992
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Approximately 150 photographic negatives, 54 photographic prints, and two rolls of film negatives documenting the history of the Black and Decker Corporation, from a few years after its founding in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1910, through the 1990s.  The photographs depict company executives and employees in portraits, at work, and at company functions and conferences; company recreational activities, including bowling, soccer, picnics and a minstrel show; office and factory interiors and exteriors; Black and Decker products; and company vehicles.