Object Details
- Description
- This 5-1/4" steel and wood drawing pen is painted black on its handle. The object was received with several other drawing instruments in a wooden box, 1984.1071.13. The donor, Sebastian J. Tralongo (1928–2007), served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then worked for the Vitro Corporation in Rockville, Md., for 35 years. He patented a device for signaling from deeply submerged submarines.
- References: "Tralongo, Sebastian James 'Subby'," Hartford Courant, May 26, 2007; Sebastian J. Tralongo, "Submarine Signal Device" (U.S. Patent 2,989,024 issued June 20, 1961); "Vitro Corp. – Company Profile," http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/25/Vitro-Corp.html.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sebastian J. Tralongo
- mid 20th century
- ID Number
- 1984.1071.08
- accession number
- 1984.1071
- catalog number
- 1984.1071.08
- Object Name
- pen
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 1.1 cm x .6 cm; 5 1/8 in x 7/16 in x 1/4 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Pens and Pencils
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
- Drawing Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1214866
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9f20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
