16 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/7df0e1269645a61d51f48ba117a0ea11.jpg d1715bcea68b4c929356aed5c54aa891 Person An individual. Name Potter, John Birth Date 1789 Death Date 1823 Occupation silversmith Biographical Text Potter was a silversmith apprenticed to John Adams in Alexandria, VA. Later, in his own right, he was a silversmith in Alexandria and Norfolk. Source <a title="http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html" href="http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html">http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/h/i/Virginia-Phillipssmith-WAYNESBORO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1004.html</a> <a title="http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee" href="http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee">http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/3418/16/title-asc?t:state:flow=e46f2798-4767-4fba-a70c-e24eb3edecee</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Potter silversmith https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/6c6d51c47826ae73e8d5d0222d621ad6.jpg 4732bac290e17c975f93b5c91bab6e08 Person An individual. Name Shaw, John Authority Sources <a title="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83165913.html" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83165913.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83165913.html</a> Birth Date 1745 Death Date 1829 Birthplace Glasgow, UK Deathplace Annapolis, MD Occupation craftsman; cabinetmaker Biographical Text Shaw was the Annapolis cabinetmaker who built most of the furniture first used in both legislative chambers of the Maryland State House. He was considered the foremost cabinetmaker in Annapolis during the late 18th century and was the designer of two early American flags. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shaw_(cabinetmaker)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shaw_(cabinetmaker)</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Shaw cabinetmaker craftsman https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/5dcea1388d29c20bed85cf074a9492e9.jpg 4c54060e02f63dada1f0a34046ad4b8e Person An individual. Name Swann, John Birth Date 1789 Birthplace St. Mary’s County, MD Occupation potter Biographical Text Swann was a well-known potter in Alexandria. Although he is known for his stoneware, Swann learned his trade through an apprenticeship with Alexandria earthenware potter Lewis Plum. In 1813, he purchased land on Wilkes Street. At this new pottery location, Swann experimented with clay bodies and glazes, adapting his knowledge to use new materials and learn the sophistication needed to fire stoneware at much higher temperatures than earthenware. Source <a title="https://alexandriastoneware.wordpress.com/swann/" href="https://alexandriastoneware.wordpress.com/swann/">https://alexandriastoneware.wordpress.com/swann/</a> <a title="http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/524/Ceramics-in-America-2012/%E2%80%9CStone-ware-of-excellent-quality,-Alexandria-manufacture%E2%80%9D-Part-I:-The-Pottery-of-John-Swann" href="http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/524/Ceramics-in-America-2012/%E2%80%9CStone-ware-of-excellent-quality,-Alexandria-manufacture%E2%80%9D-Part-I:-The-Pottery-of-John-Swann">http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/524/Ceramics-in-America-2012/%E2%80%9CStone-ware-of-excellent-quality,-Alexandria-manufacture%E2%80%9D-Part-I:-The-Pottery-of-John-Swann</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Swann potter Person An individual. Name Wollaston, John Authority Sources <a title="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001027592.html" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001027592.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001027592.html</a> Birth Date c. 1710 Death Date 1775? Birthplace London, UK Occupation artist Biographical Text Wollaston was an English portrait painter who was active in the British colonies in North America. He was one of a handful of painters to introduce the English Rococo style to the American colonies. He was active between 1742 and 1775. The date and place of his death is unknown. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wollaston_(painter)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wollaston_(painter)</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Wollaston artist https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/d1d05afdfa6f97f681cdc95925238e35.jpg 74e9d46b92c53897ab5cf9ee467d9f6b Person An individual. Name Garrett, John Work Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90656930.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90656930.html</a> Birth Date 1820 Death Date 1884 Birthplace Baltimore, MD Deathplace Deer Park, MD Occupation businessman; ambassador; diplomat; philanthropist Biographical Text Garrett was an American banker, philanthropist, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1855, he was named to the board of the B. & O., and in 1858, became its president, a position he held until the year he died. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Garrett" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Garrett</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Work Garrett ambassador businessman diplomat philanthropist Person An individual. Name Sim, Joseph Birth Date 1725 Death Date 1793 Occupation military officer Biographical Text Sim served as a clerk of the Prince George's County Court from 1749-1767. He was the Justice of Provincial Court in 1773. Served as a member of the lower house 1771 and again from 1773 to 1776. He was on the Committee of Observation in 1775. Served as a State Senate from 1776 to 1781. Colonel of the Militia May 5, 1774; Colonel of the 11th Battalion January 13, 1776 until September 23, 1776 when he resigned. He contributed tobacco and money to support the Revolutionary Army in 1780. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33921730" target="_blank">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33921730</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph Sim military officer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/cfd0d9bc4583039e2475d2cff39bda03.jpg 57d434a0d14a99863f34d6581211540a Person An individual. Name Wilbur, Julia Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93005738.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93005738.html</a> Birth Date 1815 Death Date 1895 Birthplace Milan, NY Deathplace Washington, DC Occupation abolitionist; activist; quaker; writer Biographical Text Wilbur, a Quaker relief worker from Rochester, NY, came to Alexandria during the Civil War. She kept a detailed diary from the 1840s through her death in 1895. These transcriptions focus on the period right before, during, and after the War. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/civilwar/default.aspx?id=62774#Wilbur" target="_blank">https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/civilwar/default.aspx?id=62774#Wilbur</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Julia Wilbur abolitionist activist Quaker women writer https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/97431905da027bcda2921785e1cfff3f.jpg b75130f4c432d6ddc47645e93d6106f8 Person An individual. Name Rosenwald, Julius Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84168464.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84168464.html</a> Birth Date 1862 Death Date 1932 Birthplace Springfield, IL Deathplace Highland Park, IL Occupation businessman; merchant; philanthropist Biographical Text American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more than $5 million and served as President from 1927 to 1932. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rosenwald" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rosenwald</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Julius Rosenwald businessman merchant philanthropist https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/65ce1142f84fc04379d1c80b0bb52abd.jpeg 6089eefc9793fe70f6c895620d8c0451 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/?page_id=51">Kensington Historical Society Archives</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1118/#geolocation">3710 Mitchell Street, Kensington, MD 20895</a> <a href="mailto:info@kensingtonhistory.org">info@kensingtonhistory.org</a> Description The Kensington Historical Society has been an integral part of Kensington since 1977; our programs address a broad view of our local history. It is our hope the KHS will help stimulate greater interest in Kensington history and the preservation of Kensington’s architecture. The Kensington Historical Society's archival collection comprises many old maps of the area, many prints and photographs of the buildings in the area, minutes of Society and Town meetings, past newsletters, files of family biographies, growing up in Kensington reminiscences, books on historic preservation, and subject files with information that relates to the Kensington area. Resource <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/?page_id=373">Vision of Kensington:</a> A long range preservation plan. <a href="http://kensingtonhistory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Index_Kensington_Picture_History.pdf">Index to Kensington: A Picture History</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kensington Historical Society Archives 20th century buildings community Historical society Kensington maps Maryland minutes newsletters photographs prints https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/8bd120452ee7ce9d665690282adcac4a.jpg 2f0cd7d984addc154d70aeb08ad0c3be Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/">Kiplinger Research Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1115/#geolocation">801 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001</a> <a>+1 (202) 249-3955</a> <a href="mailto:library@dchistory.org">library@dchistory.org</a> Description The collections document over 200 years of local history. The Society collects, preserves, arranges, and describes collections that document the city's physical landscape as well as the families, organizations, businesses, neighborhoods, religious institutions, and other communities that comprise Washington DC. Kiplinger Washington Collection, donated to the Historical Society of Washington DC in 2011, was a corporate art collection begun in the 1920s. The collection compised over 5,000 maps, paintings, prints, and photographs relating to Washington DC and political portraits. In the mid-20th century, the company became interested in "Vanishing Washington", commissioning and collecting paintings of endangered landmarks. Of particular interest is the Barrett Collection of nearly a thousand photographs of Washington buildings taken in the 1960s. The catalog includes more than 100,000 prints, negatives, and slides from the 1860s to the present, documenting local street scenes, events, businesses, and people; more than 500 cataloged maps, tracing the development of the built environment; anad more than 800 archives and manuscript collections, ranging from diaries and personal papers, to early 18th century land records, to the historic records of existing organizations. Resource <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/uploads/research/HSW_Guide_BuildingHistoryResources.pdf">Building History Research Guide</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kiplinger Research Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 19th century 20th century 21st century architecture art buildings city contracts community diaries District of Columbia Historical society land records landmarks landscape manuscripts maps negatives neighborhoods paintings personal papers photographs prints religious institutions slides street scenes Washington