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Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Client:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA  Search this
Medium:
Chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper
Dimensions:
42.5 × 35.2 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
Type:
industrial design
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
USA
Date:
ca. 1950–60
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
On cream paper, design for a telephone booth in three-quarter view on a diagonal. On three walls, square windows bordered in blue; the opening for entry on the fourth wall; a red rectangular adjacent pillar with the Bell Telephone logo in blue and the word "PHONE" written vertically and horizontally in white. Throughout, measurements, notations, and variations of the phone booth plan in brown color pencil and graphite.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Bruce
Accession Number:
1993-65-24
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49c65d83b-7f2d-4db8-b776-891f9c3a8cd6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1993-65-24