Plasticine Wind Tunnel Model for a Streamlined K4s Class Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad
Object Details
- Designer
- Raymond Loewy, American, b. France, 1893–1986
- Client
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Manufacturer
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Description
- Oblique view from the front end of the plasticine model of the first streamlined train (K4s class), designed for the Pennsylvannia Railroad Company. The front of the train dominates the left foreground, and the back of the train appears in the center right background.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Pennsylvania Railroad through Samuel M. Vauclain
- 1936
- Accession Number
- 1937-58-6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- transportation
- Object Name
- Photostat
- Type
- Photostat
- Medium
- White crayon over photostat on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 45.3 x 63.4 cm (17 13/16 x 24 15/16 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1937-58-6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48b691f1f-8d37-4ae8-a5e1-b52cb1f62528
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