MADE TO IMPRESS

These are beautiful, impressive drawings, for a reason. They were drawn to impress their viewers, perhaps to sell them something, or to persuade them.

Displaying 1 to 23 of 23 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 Cross-compound pumping machine, 1897 Holly Manufacturing Company, Lockport, New York ink on linen Closer View Erie Meter Systems, Modern Sales Equipment for Modern Stations Erie, Pennsylvania, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1930s Closer View Fire insurance map for Pratt, Read & Company keyboard factory, Deep River, Connecticut, 1921> Factory Insurance Association printed ink on paper Closer View "For sale, junk," 1923 serigraph on paper Closer View Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co. Kalamazoo, Michigan, about 1909 Closer View “Labor Day: all who work seriously celebrate Labor Day,” 1923 serigraph on paper Closer View Lifting cam, 1907 Providence Engineering Works, Providence, Rhode Island ink on linen Closer View Notebook of Hendrick Manufacturing Co., Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1890-1891 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 Patent drawing for water wheel, 1838 Samuel B. Howd, Geneva, New York ink and watercolor on paper Closer View Patent drawing of bowl and cover, 1957 Earl S. Tupper, Leominster, Massachusetts printed ink on paper Closer View Piano action, 1906 Pratt, Read and Company, Deep River, Connecticut printed ink on paper Closer View Presentation boards for Singer sewing machine handle, 1977 Henry Dreyfuss Associates, New York, New York ink and colored pencil paper Closer View Proposal for an “American Tower,” 1891 George S. Morison, Chicago, Illinois ink on linen Closer View Proposed elevation for Grand Central Terminal Station, 42nd Street, 1904 ink and watercolor on linen Closer View Proposed elevation for Grand Central Terminal Station, Vanderbilt Avenue, 1905 ink and watercolor on linen Closer View Rail mill engine for Bethlehem Iron Company, about 1873 Alexander Lyman Holley, Providence, Rhode Island ink on paper Closer View Shop drawing cards, 1857 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