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
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125,000-HP hydraulic scheme for Niagara Falls, 1890
Faesch & Piccard, Geneva, Switzerland
ink and watercolor on paper
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1500-kW steam turbine alternator for Hartford Electric Light Co., 1899 Westinghouse Machine Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ink on paper
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Brown Instrument Company, Brown Pyrometers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1924
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Crayola CTM test, probably 1970s
Binney & Smith Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania
crayon on paper
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Crayola raw materials tests data sheet, probably 1970s
Binney & Smith Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania
crayon on paper
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Ericsson LM, Can Efficiency be Measured?
Stockholm, Sweden, 1946
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"For sale, junk," 1923
serigraph on paper
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“Labor Day: all who work seriously celebrate Labor Day,” 1923
serigraph on paper
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Notebook, probably 1870s
Frank P. Sheldon, Providence, Rhode Island
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“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
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Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (center), 1944
Maidenform Co., New York, New York
printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard
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Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (lining), 1944
Maidenform Co., New York, New York
printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard
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Pattern pieces for pigeon vest (wing), 1944
Maidenform Co., New York, New York
printed ink on resin-impregnated cardboard
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Proposed elevation for Grand Central Terminal Station, Vanderbilt Avenue, 1905
ink and watercolor on linen
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Resister, 1996
Felix Zandman, Malvern, Pennsylvania
ballpoint pen on paper napkin
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Shop drawing cards, 1857
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ink on board
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Shop drawing cards, 1860
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ink on board
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"Spoiled work hurts everybody," 1923
serigraph on paper
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The Super-Elto
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1927
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Watch assembly, 1922
Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
ink on linen
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