CURATOR'S CHOICE

I particularly like these drawings: they might be attractive, tell a good story, or make a good historical point. Some are liked because of how they were collected, how they came to be at the Smithsonian.

-Steve Lubar

Displaying 1 to 20 of 20 Matches Closer View 125,000-HP hydraulic scheme for Niagara Falls, 1890 Faesch & Piccard, Geneva, Switzerland ink and watercolor on paper Closer View 1500-kW steam turbine alternator for Hartford Electric Light Co., 1899 Westinghouse Machine Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ink on paper Closer View Brown Instrument Company, Brown Pyrometers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1924 Closer View Crayola CTM test, probably 1970s Binney & Smith Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania crayon on paper Closer View Crayola raw materials tests data sheet, probably 1970s Binney & Smith Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania crayon on paper Closer View Ericsson LM, Can Efficiency be Measured? Stockholm, Sweden, 1946 Closer View "For sale, junk," 1923 serigraph on paper Closer View “Labor Day: all who work seriously celebrate Labor Day,” 1923 serigraph on paper Closer View Notebook, probably 1870s Frank P. Sheldon, Providence, Rhode Island Closer View “On production it’s smart to dress the part, like this, not this,” 1940s Pratt, Read and Company, Deep River, Connecticut colored pencil on paper Closer View Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (center), 1944 Maidenform Co., New York, New York printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard Closer View Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (lining), 1944 Maidenform Co., New York, New York printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard Closer View Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (wing), 1944 Maidenform Co., New York, New York printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard Closer View Proposed elevation for Grand Central Terminal Station, Vanderbilt Avenue, 1905 ink and watercolor on linen Closer View Resister, 1996 Felix Zandman, Malvern, Pennsylvania ballpoint pen on paper napkin Closer View Shop drawing cards, 1857 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ink on board Closer View Shop drawing cards, 1860 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ink on board Closer View "Spoiled work hurts everybody," 1923 serigraph on paper Closer View The Super-Elto Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1927 Closer View Watch assembly, 1922 Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ink on linen