Object Details
Designer
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
Client
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
On cream paper, design for a telephone booth in three-quarter view on a diagonal. On three walls, square windows bordered in blue; the opening for entry on the fourth wall; a red rectangular adjacent pillar with the Bell Telephone logo in blue and the word "PHONE" written vertically and horizontally in white. Throughout, measurements, notations, and variations of the phone booth plan in brown color pencil and graphite.
Credit Line
Gift of John Bruce
Date
ca. 1950–60
Accession Number
1993-65-24
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
industrial design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper
Dimensions
42.5 × 35.2 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-65-24