Illustrations for History of Fire Making and Illumination exhibit
odd: label: Exhibition Note
content: The drawings were used in the History of Fire Making and Illumination exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska (June-November 1898) and the Pacific-Panama International Exposition in San Francisco, California (February-December 1915).
label: Publication Note
content: The drawings were published in:

Hough, Walter. "Synoptic Series of Objects in the United States National Museum Illustrating the History of Inventions." Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Vol. 60. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1922. Plate 1.
topic: label: Topic
content: Firemaking
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content: Illustrations for History of Fire Making and Illumination exhibit
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (watercolor)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 176622 / 178159, Folder 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were purchased from M. E. Leiter; the accession number and date is unknown.  The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in July 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS178157
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Watercolors
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The drawings in the collection were previously cataloged individually as MS 178157, MS 178158, and MS 178159. In 2023, the collection was reprocessed and all drawings were described as a single collection under MS 178157.  The archivist replaced the titles previously assigned to the drawings with the titles associated with the published drawings.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of three (3) watercolor drawings depicting an erupting volcano, lightning over a forest, and a camp fire.  The drawings were used in a History of Fire Making and Illumination exhibit presented at two world's fairs.

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