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Drawing, Design for a Tractor Instrument Panel
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates and made for (as the client) John Deere. It is dated May 31, 1962 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is color pencil and graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Henry Dreyfuss.
It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
![A drawn design on cream paper for a telephone booth in three-quarter view on a diagonal. On three of the walls there are four square windows bordered in dark blue. The opening to enter is on the fourth wall, with a red rectangular pillar adjacent to it with a blue bell inside a blue circle printed on it, and the word [PHONE] written vertically and horizontally in white capital letters above and to the side of the logo. The design is surrounded by sketches outlining measurements, notations, and variations on the phone booth plan in brown color pencil and graphite.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/329194_7b883751e0587163_n.jpg "Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth")
- Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth
- chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper.
- Gift of John Bruce.
- 1993-65-24
Its dimensions are
35.3 × 42.8 cm (13 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in black and red color pencil, upper center left: DIECASTING [in red] / GREY [underlined in red] INJECTION / MOLDED PLASTIC / PANEL; in black color pencil, upper center: BLACK / KNOB; in gold color pencil, upper right: gold on white; in graphite, lower left: show handle; in black and red color pencil, lower left: BLACK [in red] / GREY [crossed out in red] CONTROLS TO MATCH / INSTRUMENT PANEL (DIP ENTRE / KNOB AND LEVER.) [part in parentheses crossed out in graphite]; in graphite, lower left corner: Display; in black and red color pencil, lower center: BLACK [crossed out in red] / GREY [in red]; in black, red, and brown color pencil, lower right: black [in brown] / GREY [crossed out in brown] STEERING WHEEL / BLACK [crossed out in red] COLUMN / GREY [in red]; in black color pencil, lower right corner: DEW / 5/31/62 / JD C-56 Lines and arrows appear throughout connecting the inscriptions to different parts of the design.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Tractor Instrument Panel; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); Client: John Deere (United States); USA; color pencil and graphite on cream tracing paper; 35.3 × 42.8 cm (13 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-361
