Mueller Machine Company Negatives
name: label: Creator
content: Mueller Machine Company  (Trenton, New Jersey)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Ceramics and Glass
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Ceramics manufacturing
label: Topic
content: Ceramics -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Manufacturing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mary Kathryn Mueller, 1977.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mueller Machine Company  (Trenton, New Jersey)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mueller Machine Company Negatives
abstract: label: Summary
content: Black and white glass negatives documenting ceramic manufacturing machinery made by the Mueller Machine Company located in Trenton, New Jersey, in the second quarter of the twentieth century.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.33 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 171 negatives)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1926-1935
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Ceramics and Glass (now Home and Community Life), 2024.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1663
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Glass negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2025.
label: Processing Information
content: A set 83548Z03
B set 83548Z04 
C set 83548Z05  
set of 20  83548Z06
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Glass negatives
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of black and white glass negatives of ceramic manufacturing machinery built by the Mueller Machine Company. The negatives were maintained in the arrangement created by the company.
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