Computers & Business Machines
Imagine the loss, 100 years from now, if museums hadn't begun preserving the artifacts of the computer age. The last few decades offer proof positive of why museums must collect continuously—to document technological and social transformations already underway.
The museum's collections contain mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, and handheld devices. Computers range from the pioneering ENIAC to microcomputers like the Altair and the Apple I. A Cray2 supercomputer is part of the collections, along with one of the towers of IBM's Deep Blue, the computer that defeated reigning champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997. Computer components and peripherals, games, software, manuals, and other documents are part of the collections. Some of the instruments of business include adding machines, calculators, typewriters, dictating machines, fax machines, cash registers, and photocopiers
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Long-Period Horizontal Seismometer (WWSSN)
- Description
- Working at the Lamont Geological Observatory, a Columbia University facility in Palisades, N.Y., Frank Press and his mentor, Maurice Ewing, designed seismometers that responded to surface waves of long-period and small-amplitude whether caused by explosions or by earthquakes. Their horizontal seismometer was of the “garden-gate” form: here, the horizontal boom attaches to the lower end of a vertical post, and a diagonal wire extends from the upper end of the post to the outer end of the boom. The first example was installed in 1953.
- This example was made for the World Wide Standard Seismological Network. Established in 1961, the WWSSN was designed to detect underground nuclear tests, and generate valuable information about the earth’s interior and its dynamic processes. The WWSSN was a key component of VELA Uniform, a Cold War project that was funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), a branch of the Department of Defense. It was managed by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and then by the U.S. Geological Survey. That agency transferred this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1999.
- Each of the 120 stations in the WWSSN had two horizontal seismometers of this sort (one to capture the east-west component of the earth’s motions, and one to capture the north-south component). This example was used Junction City, Tx. It would have been linked to a matched galvanometer (such as 1999.0275.09) and a photographic drum recorder (such as 1999.0275.10). The “Sprengnether Instrument Co.” signature refers to a firm in St. Louis, Mo., that specialized in seismological instruments.
- Ref: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Instrumentation of the World-Wide Seismograph System, Model 10700 (Washington, D.C., 1962).
- W.F. Sprengnether Instrument Co., Inc., General Discription (sic) Long Period Horizontal Seismometer ([St. Louis], n.d.).
- W.F. Sprengnether Instrument Co., Inc., Sprengnether Horizontal Component Seismometer, Series H ([St. Louis], n.d.).
- Ta-Liang Teng, “Seismic Instrumentation,” in Methods of Experimental Physics, vol. 24 part B, Geophysics (1987), pp. 56-58.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1961-1962
- maker
- Geotechnical Corporation
- W. F. Sprengnether Instrument Co.
- ID Number
- 1999.0275.04
- catalog number
- 1999.0275.04
- accession number
- 1999.0275
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Connecting tube
- Description (Brief)
- This connecting tube is made from Pyrex glass.
- Pyrex has its origins in the early 1910s, when American glass company Corning Glass Works began looking for new products to feature its borosilicate glass, Nonex. At the suggestion of Bessie Littleton, a Corning scientist’s wife, the company began investigating Nonex for bakeware. After removing lead from Nonex to make the glass safe for cooking, they named the new formula “Pyrex”—“Py” for the pie plate, the first Pyrex product. In 1916 Pyrex found another market in the laboratory. It quickly became a favorite brand in the scientific community for its strength against chemicals, thermal shock, and mechanical stress.
- Sources:
- Dyer, Davis. The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Jensen, William B. “The Origin of Pyrex.” Journal of Chemical Education 83, no. 5 (2006): 692. doi:10.1021/ed083p692.
- Kraissl, F. “A History of the Chemical Apparatus Industry.” Journal of Chemical Education 10, no. 9 (1933): 519. doi:10.1021/ed010p519.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1931-1985
- maker
- Corning Incorporated
- ID Number
- 1985.0311.253
- catalog number
- 1985.0311.253
- accession number
- 1985.0311
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Intron A; Interferon Alfa-2B Recombinant, 10 million IU
- Description (Brief)
- Intron A is an injectible recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat hairy cell leukemia.
- Recombinant pharmaceuticals are created by inserting genes from one species into a host species, often yeast or bacteria, where they do not naturally occur. The genes code for a desired product, and therefore the genetically modified host organisms can be grown and used as a kind of living factory to produce the product. In this case, genes coding for human white blood cell interferons are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferons, which are harvested and used as the active ingredient in Intron A.
- Object consists of a cardboard box containing a second box, two glass bottles (one of the active pharmaceutical and one of the dilutent), and two product inserts.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1988
- product expiration date
- 1988-03
- maker
- Schering Corporation
- ID Number
- 1987.0781.03
- accession number
- 1987.0781
- catalog number
- 1987.0781.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Intron A; Interferon Alfa-2B Recombinant, 5 million IU
- Description (Brief)
- Intron A is an injectible recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat hairy cell leukemia.
- Recombinant pharmaceuticals are created by inserting genes from one species into a host species, often yeast or bacteria, where they do not naturally occur. The genes code for a desired product, and therefore the genetically modified host organisms can be grown and used as a kind of living factory to produce the product. In this case, genes coding for human white blood cell interferons are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferons, which are harvested and used as the active ingredient in Intron A.
- Object consists of a cardboard box containing a second box, two glass bottles (one of the active pharmaceutical and one of the dilutent), and two product inserts.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1988
- product expiration date
- 1988-03
- maker
- Schering Corporation
- ID Number
- 1987.0781.02
- catalog number
- 1987.0781.02
- accession number
- 1987.0781
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Instruction Manual for Gerber Variable Scale
- Description
- The citation information for this 40-page stapled booklet is: H. Joseph Gerber, The Gerber Variable Scale: An Application and Instruction Manual (Hartford, Conn.: The Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, 1981). Gerber wrote these instructions in 1953 to accompany his invention; see 1994.0113.01. He inscribed this copy to Steve Lubar, who was chair of the division of history of technology when Gerber donated examples of several mathematical instruments he had invented.
- The booklet explains the construction and use of the Gerber Variable Scale. It then describes typical problems that could be solved with the instrument, including finding points in a family of curves, translating curves, reading graphs more precisely, converting between proportional scales, enlarging and reducing engineering drawings, normalizing curves, interpolating points, counting cycles of frequencies, dividing one curve by another, determining the center of gravity, reading oscillograms, and mapping aerial photographs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1981
- maker
- Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.
- ID Number
- 1994.0113.04
- accession number
- 1994.0113
- catalog number
- 1994.0113.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Book, Instructional Workbook for Drafting
- Description
- In this publication, copyrighted in 1985, authors Paul Wallach and Dan Hearlihy describe a variety of drawing instruments. There is space for a few practice drawings. There is no attempt at computer-aided instruction, as there soon would be (see 1987.0589.07).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1985
- maker
- Wallach, Paul
- Hearlihy, Daniel A.
- ID Number
- 1987.0589.08
- accession number
- 1987.0589
- catalog number
- 1987.0589.08
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Biotech Bay
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1989
- ID Number
- 1990.3200.01
- catalog number
- 1990.3200.01
- nonaccession number
- 1990.3200
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dietzgen 1288-3 Set of Drawing Instruments
- Description
- A clear plastic envelope with two blue snaps and marked DIETZGEN contains a black hard plastic case that fastens with two sliding bars. The top of the case is marked: DIETZGEN (/) STELLAR (/) 1288-3 (/) MADE IN GERMANY. Red and yellow foam inside the lid has come unglued. The instrument tray is lined with red velvet. A brochure demonstrating the features of this set and a yellow cleaning cloth lie on top of the tray. The set includes:
- 1) 6" chromium-plated fixed-leg needle-point dividers. Black plastic covers the joint and is marked on one side: DIETZGEN. The other side is marked: GERMANY.
- 2) 4-1/2" chromium-plated bow pencil.
- 3) 6-1/2" chromium-plated bow pencil.
- 4) 1-3/8" black plastic cylindrical case for leads, containing three leads, three needle points, and one black plastic pen nib.
- The joint tightener is missing. A slot in the case holds a piece of green paper marked: SPACE FOR DIETZGEN DRAFTING PENCIL. According to the brochure, this model number was normally sold without the pencil. These instruments were part of the Stellar product line.
- The donor, Ed Severino, began his career in the 1940s as an engineer with General Electric Company in Schenectady, N.Y. After eight years, he went to teach mathematics and science at Mont [sic] Pleasant High School in Schenectady, where he became head of the Technical Department. According to the donor, this set of drawing instruments is of the type trainees used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Severino was director of his high school's General Electric Apprentice Training Educational Program.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1980
- distributor
- Eugene Dietzgen Company
- ID Number
- 2006.0230.02
- accession number
- 2006.0230
- catalog number
- 2006.0230.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Intertech Bow Compass Sold by Hearlihy & Co.
- Description
- This green zinc alloy instrument has a black plastic handle. Silver metal adjusting bolts set the width of the instrument and the length of the needle and pencil points. The front of the handle is marked with the letter H. The back of the handle is marked: GERMANY. A gray and clear plastic envelope has a black and white plastic tube with two replacement pencil leads. The front of the case is marked in gold: H (/) Hearlihy & Co (/) Springfield, Ohio (/) 404. The flap for the case fastens on the back and is marked: Western Germany.
- For information on the manufacturer and distributor, see 1987.0589.01. On this example, the adjusting bolts for the points are on the front and back of the instrument, instead of on the outside of each leg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1987
- maker
- Intertech Drawing Instruments
- ID Number
- 1987.0589.02
- accession number
- 1987.0589
- catalog number
- 1987.0589.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Roferon-A, Interferon alfa-2a recombinant, Sterile Powder for Injection
- Description (Brief)
- Roferon-A is an injectible, recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat different types of leukemia, malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, AIDS-related sarcoma, and hepatitis. It was discontinued in October 2007, as new therapies for the diseases it treated were developed.
- Recombinant pharmaceuticals are created by inserting genes from one species into a host species, often yeast or bacteria, where they do not naturally occur. The genes code for a desired product, and therefore the genetically modified host organisms can be grown and used as a kind of living factory to produce the product. In this case, genes coding for human interferon are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferon, which is harvested and used as the active ingredient in Roferon-A.
- Object consists of a sealed white cardboard box with red and black print.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1988
- product expiration date
- 1988-06-01
- maker
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Roche Laboratories
- ID Number
- 1987.0786.03
- accession number
- 1987.0786
- catalog number
- 1987.0786.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Gerber Variable Scale, Model TP007100B
- Description
- This rectangular aluminum instrument has a scale of reciprocal inches, unevenly divided and labeled RI; a scale of equal parts, labeled I and numbered by ones from 1 to 10 and by tens from 15 to 95; and a logarithmic scale labeled L10. An aluminum slide on top of the scales has a plastic indicator with a hairline. The slide is attached to a spring that expands and contracts within a clear plastic housing above the scales. It has 103 coils, 100 of which are calibrated. Every tenth coil is colored red, every fifth coil is blue-green, and the rest are white. A second spring is numbered by twos from 0 to 10.
- Below the scales is marked: THE GERBER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT COPMANY HARTFORD, CONN. GERBER VARIABLE SCALE ® MODEL TP007100B U.S. PAT. NO. 2843935 U.K. PAT. NO. 845215 MADE IN U.S.A. A brown leather case is lined with black velvet marked: The Gerber Scientific Instrument Co. (/) Hartford, Connecticut. A small manila envelope inside the case holds an Allen wrench. The case fastens with Velcro and slides into a white cardboard box.
- The instrument assists in replotting curves (if, for example, a user wished to multiply all values plotted by a given factor) and in interpolating contour lines from observed data. It can also be used to convert between proportional scales, for instance when enlarging or reducing an engineering drawing. Heinz Joseph Gerber (1924–1996) invented the device while he was studying aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1945, a few years after escaping Nazi-controlled Austria with his mother. He and a partner established the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company in Hartford, Conn., to manufacture the Gerber Variable Scale. Gerber ultimately held about 650 U.S. and foreign patents for calculating instruments, digital drafting machines, and robotic and electronic manufacturing systems for products from electronics to textiles. The firm was renamed Gerber Scientific, Inc., in 1978.
- Compare to 1994.3104.01. For an instruction manual, see 1994.0113.04.
- References: Arthur Bartlett, "A Quick Spring to Success," Nation's Business (October 1949): 43–45, 62–64; Heinz Joseph Gerber, "Instrument for Measuring, Interpolating, Plotting and the Like" (U.S. Patent 2,843,935 issued July 22, 1958); "Our Founder," Gerber Scientific, http://www.gspinc.com/default.asp?contentID=192.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1980
- maker
- Gerber Scientific Instrument Company
- ID Number
- 1994.0113.01
- accession number
- 1994.0113
- catalog number
- 1994.0113.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Puzzle, The Diamond
- Description
- This object is named The Diamond but other photographs of what appear to be the same puzzle show packaging labeled Dream Puzzler and Wonderful Puzzler.
- The Diamond is in the shape of a cuboctahedron, a fourteen sided solid figure formed from a cube by slicing off each corner along the lines that connect the midpoints of the edges of the cube that meet at the corner. A cuboctahedron is a special case of a truncated cube (see puzzle 2006.0061.13). In its solved position, The Diamond has six square faces where the truncated cube puzzle has six octagonal faces.
- The square faces of the cuboctahedron are colored the same as a traditional Rubik's cube, yellow, orange, green, red, blue and white. The eight remaining faces are equilateral triangles that are colored using two different shades of pink, two different shades of purple, gold, silver, turquoise, and light green.
- Unlike the Rubik’s Cube, whose six square faces are made up of nine small squares, the nine shapes that make up the square faces of The Diamond include one small square, four pentagons, and four very small right triangles. The eight triangular faces of The Diamond is made up of three equilateral triangles and one hexagon. It uses the same mechanism as the Rubik’s Cube to rotate the square faces
- This puzzle was made in about 1981. It is among Rubik’s Cube related items from the Cube Museum, which operated in Grand Junction, Colorado, from 1988 to 1991. For more information about about the Rubik’s Cube and other twisting puzzles that use the same or similar mechanisms see 1987.0805.01.
- Reference:
- TwistyPuzzles [Cuboctahedron (AKA: Diamond Cube)] website.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1981
- ID Number
- 2006.0061.09
- catalog number
- 2006.0061.09
- accession number
- 2006.0061
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Orthoclone OKT3 Muromonab-CD3
- Description (Brief)
- Orthoclone OKT3 prevents rejection of new tissues in patients who have received kidney grafts. It was the first drug created through monoclonal antibody technology to be approved for human use.
- Monoclonal antibody technology uses specially made cells as tiny factories to pump out pure sources of a single antibody. Prior to its development, it was very difficult to isolate large amounts of a single antibody for therapeutic use.
- Monoclonal antibody cells are created by fusing two cells of different origins. One cell, from a mouse's spleen, produces the antibody. The other cell, from a tumor, has the ability to replicate continuously. By fusing the two cells, a new cell is created which has the best characteristics of both-it produces the antibody and also grows quickly. These new cells produce large amounts of pure antibodies which are harvested for use in drugs like Orthoclone OKT3.
- The object is a clear glass 5 mL ampule with a blue ring around the neck and a clear label with blue printing. It is housed in a formfitting plastic case with snap top and snap sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1986
- maker
- Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
- ID Number
- 1987.0780.01
- accession number
- 1987.0780
- catalog number
- 1987.0780.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Puzzle, Fisher Cube
- Description
- The Fisher Cube is the first puzzle conceived of and made by Tony Fisher, of Ipswich, England. This puzzle was custom produced in 1985. It is a variant of the Rubik's cube that uses the same mechanism but the placement of that mechanism in the center is altered so not all six faces of the cube look the same. In the solved position there are four faces (purple, pink, yellow, and turquoise) with six small rectangles and three large rectangles and there are two faces (green and white) with one small square in the center, four pentagons, and four small triangles.
- Solving a Fisher Cube is similar to solving a Rubik’s Cube although additional moves may be needed.
- This puzzle is among Rubik’s Cube related items from the Cube Museum, which operated in Grand Junction, Colorado, from 1988 to 1991. For more information about the Rubik’s Cube and other twisting puzzles that use the same or similar mechanisms see 1987.0805.01.
- Reference:
- TonyFisherPuzzles [Fisher Cube Puzzle] website.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1985
- maker
- Fisher, Tony
- ID Number
- 2006.0061.12
- catalog number
- 2006.0061.12
- accession number
- 2006.0061
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Digital Educational Services Flowcharting Template
- Description
- This clear plastic rectangular template has thirty-one flowcharting symbols arranged in four rows. In addition a scale of tenths of inches across the top is numbered to 90. A "card count" scale along the right side is numbered from 100 to 700. A scale of sixths of an inch, numbered from 1 to 30, is along the left side. Along the bottom is a scale of millimeters numbered from 0 to 250.
- The template fits in a tan paper sleeve that explains the meaning of the symbols. The front of the sleeve has an address label directed from Digital Equipment Corporation to Mr. David Studebaker, Marketing Director, Digital Systems House, Batavia, IL.
- According to the donor: "I was a minor partner in Digital Systems House from July 1976 through March 1984. We became a Digital Equipment Corporation reseller in 1977 or 1978. I became Sales & Marketing Director in about 1978 through about 1981 or 1982."
- Reference:
- Electronic message, August 22, 2014.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1970
- 1978-1982
- maker
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- ID Number
- 2014.3067.10
- nonaccession number
- 2014.3067
- catalog number
- 2014.3067.10
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Puzzle, Rubik's Zwillinge (Mate)
- Description
- Rubik’s Zwillinge (usually translated twins) is a double or "Siamese" combination of two Rubik's cubes. The two cubes overlap along one row of three small cubes. The large cubes are colored the same as a traditional Rubik's cube, yellow, orange, green, red, blue and white.
- The puzzle remains in its original packaging. The packaging includes mention of Arxon, the German branch of the Ideal Toy Corporation, and a copyright date of 1983 for Ideal. It also implies that the Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, also invented this puzzle.
- From contemporary sources it appears as if Tony Fisher of Ipswich, England, invented what became known as Fisher’s Siamese Cubes in late 1981, before Ideal had produced Rubik’s Mate. Fisher has said that solving this puzzle is different, although not necessarily more difficult, than solving the standard Rubik’s Cube.
- This puzzle is among Rubik’s Cube related items from the Cube Museum, which operated in Grand Junction, Colorado, from 1988 to 1991. For more information about the Rubik’s Cube and other twisting puzzles that use the same or similar mechanisms see 1987.0805.01.
- Reference:
- TonyFisherPuzzles [Siamese Rubik’s Cubes Puzzle] website.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1983
- maker
- Ideal Toy Corporation
- IDEAL TOY CORP.
- ID Number
- 2006.0061.11
- catalog number
- 2006.0061.11
- accession number
- 2006.0061
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Puzzle, The Magic Cube
- Description
- This puzzle, The Magic Cube, is an early example of what became known as a Rubik’s Cube. It was made in 1980 in the United States and remains in its original packaging, which includes an instruction sheet on a folded piece of paper inserted into the plastic wrapping. For more information about the Rubik’s Cube and other twisting puzzles that use the same or similar mechanisms see 1987.0805.01.
- In its solved position each face of the cube (a 3 X 3 square) shows the faces (1 X 1 squares) of nine small cubes, all of the same color. The squares are red, black, yellow, green, orange, and blue. The background plastic of the Magic Cube is white; the later Rubik’s Cubes had black backgrounds.
- This puzzle is among Rubik’s Cube related items from the Cube Museum, which operated in Grand Junction, Colorado, from 1988 to 1991.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1980
- date made
- ca 1980
- maker
- LOGIC GAMES, INC.
- ID Number
- 2006.0061.01
- catalog number
- 2006.0061.01
- accession number
- 2006.0061
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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T4-DNA Ligase
- Description (Brief)
- This silver metal canister once contained T4-DNA ligase, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology. T4-DNA ligase helps create bonds between the ends of fragments of DNA.
- This capability makes it useful in the laboratory when scientists want to combine DNA from two different sources in order to create recombinant DNA. This particular canister of T4-DNA ligase was used to create recombinant DNA molecules at Genentech, a biotechnology company, in the early 1980s.
- Source:
- Aehle, W. (2007). Enzymes in industry: Production and applications. Wiley-VCH.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1984-08
- user
- Genentech, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2012.0198.26
- accession number
- 2012.0198
- catalog number
- 2012.0198.26
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Vision Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The Center for the Partially Sighted in 1985. It is a lucite rectangle with an embedded prism on a lucite beveled base. The award is engraved:
1985 VISION AWARD
Presented To
ELLA FITZGERALD By
THE CENTER FOR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED
June 14, 1985- Location
- Currently not on view
- presentation date
- 1985
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.071
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.071
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Hearlihy 340C Set of Drawing Instruments
- Description
- This set is in a light blue cardboard box marked on all sides: Reißzeug • Drawing instrument set • Boîte de compass • Estuche de compases. On one end, the box is also marked: 340 C. On the other end, the box is marked: Made in West Germany. The case is cream and brown plastic, marked on the top: H (/) Hearlihy & Co. The inside is lined with blue foam and velvet and holds:
- 1) 6" stainless steel fixed-leg needle-point dividers with a black plastic handle covering the hinge. The front is marked: H. The back is marked: GERMANY.
- 2) 1-5/8" steel screwdriver with black plastic butterfly handle marked: GERMANY.
- 3) 6-1/4" stainless steel and black plastic bow pencil with pen and extension bar attachments. The front of the compass is marked: H. The back is marked: GERMANY.
- 4) 1-1/4" black and white plastic cylindrical case holding two leads.
- 5) 1-1/2" black plastic rectangular case holding two leads, a needle point, and a replacement adjusting screw and nut. The lid is marked: GERMANY.
- 6) 4-3/4" stainless steel bow pencil with needle point and pen point attachments. One leg is marked: H GERMANY.
- 7) 3" black plastic pen handle.
- Hearlihy & Co., a Springfield, Ohio, supplier of drafting instruments and developer of technology education curriculum modules founded by the donor's parents in 1969, distributed this set of drawing instruments. According to a note in the accession file, the set is original and complete even though there are at least three empty slots in the tray. The same case was used to sell different sets of instruments. The set was received new.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1987
- ID Number
- 1987.0589.04
- accession number
- 1987.0589
- catalog number
- 1987.0589.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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