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- Exxon Travel Club Pencil Sharpener, 1972-1994 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the airline industry and assembled an impressive collection of promotional items, models, toiletries, and advertisements from various air carriers.
- 1972-1994
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Exxon Travel Club Pencil Sharpener, 1972-1994
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the airline industry and assembled an impressive collection of promotional items, models, toiletries, and advertisements from various air carriers.
- Pencil Sharpener, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Pencil Sharpener, circa 1930
- Pencil Sharpener, circa 1908 - Inventors in the late-19th and early-20th centuries devised ways to sharpen pencils with a turn of a crank. Some sharpeners used rotating milling disk; others used a spinning abrasive, like sandpaper or a steel file. The Automatic Pencil Sharpening Company manufactured this device that used still another way to create a pencil point -- turning blades.
- circa 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Pencil Sharpener, circa 1908
Inventors in the late-19th and early-20th centuries devised ways to sharpen pencils with a turn of a crank. Some sharpeners used rotating milling disk; others used a spinning abrasive, like sandpaper or a steel file. The Automatic Pencil Sharpening Company manufactured this device that used still another way to create a pencil point -- turning blades.
- Planetary Pencil Pointer Pencil Sharpener, 1896-1915 - The Planetary Pencil Pointer, patented in 1896, provided an alternative to the small manual sharpeners that required users to turn the pencil against a fixed blade. By turning the crank, two milling disks rotate on their axes as they spin around the stationary pencil--like planets revolving around the sun--creating a usable point.
- 1896-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Planetary Pencil Pointer Pencil Sharpener, 1896-1915
The Planetary Pencil Pointer, patented in 1896, provided an alternative to the small manual sharpeners that required users to turn the pencil against a fixed blade. By turning the crank, two milling disks rotate on their axes as they spin around the stationary pencil--like planets revolving around the sun--creating a usable point.
- Morris Sharp Industrial Model Pencil Sharpener, 1959 - Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like <em>Blade Runner</em>.
- 1959
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Morris Sharp Industrial Model Pencil Sharpener, 1959
Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like Blade Runner.
- Morris Sharp Electric Pencil Sharpener Exploded Assembly View, 1959 - Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like <em>Blade Runner</em>.
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Morris Sharp Electric Pencil Sharpener Exploded Assembly View, 1959
Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like Blade Runner.
- Cross-Cut Paper Shredder with Pencil Sharpener, 2005 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2005
- Collections - Artifact
Cross-Cut Paper Shredder with Pencil Sharpener, 2005
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Morris Sharp Electric Pencil Sharpener, 1959 - Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like <em>Blade Runner</em>.
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Morris Sharp Electric Pencil Sharpener, 1959
Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like Blade Runner.
- Pencil Sharpener, circa 1900 - Inventors in the late-19th and early-20th centuries devised ways to sharpen pencils with a turn of a crank. Some sharpeners used turning blades; others used a spinning abrasive, like sandpaper or a steel file. The F. S. Webster Company manufactured this device that used still another way to create a pencil point -- a rotating milling disk.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Pencil Sharpener, circa 1900
Inventors in the late-19th and early-20th centuries devised ways to sharpen pencils with a turn of a crank. Some sharpeners used turning blades; others used a spinning abrasive, like sandpaper or a steel file. The F. S. Webster Company manufactured this device that used still another way to create a pencil point -- a rotating milling disk.
- Pencil Sharpener, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Pencil Sharpener, circa 1950