National Portrait Gallery
John Stevens & Sons: A Family of Inventors
August 6, 1982 – January 20, 1983
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Contributions to the development of steam transportation on land and sea by John Stevens and his sons, Robert Livingston and Edwin Augustus, are highlighted in a small exhibit. On view are portraits, paintings, drawings, patents and models of steamboats, a locomotive, and a section of T-rail.