Past Exhibition

Industry and Ingenuity

The image shows a large wooden rocking cradle in the center. Its curved rockers and four angular support posts are visible. A smaller line drawing of a similar cradle design is to the right in red ink. The cradle is set against a light, off-white background.
Frank McEntee, Churn (Rocker Type), c. 1939, watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard, Index of American Design, 1943.8.9382

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    Ground Floor, Cafeteria Corridor
The image shows a large wooden rocking cradle in the center. Its curved rockers and four angular support posts are visible. A smaller line drawing of a similar cradle design is to the right in red ink. The cradle is set against a light, off-white background.
Frank McEntee, Churn (Rocker Type), c. 1939, watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard, Index of American Design, 1943.8.9382

Overview: Watercolor renderings from the Index of American Design were on view. The exhibition was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Labor on March 4, and the renderings illustrated tools used by American workers before the advent of mass production.

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