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- Fun House Mirror From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair -
- 1963-1964
- Collections - Artifact
Fun House Mirror From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair
- Kiosk From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair - The kiosk, designed by the office of Charles and Ray Eames, is the sole survivor of several similar small structures installed within the vast IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Its light-hearted appearance -- suggesting carousel, fairground, and bandstand architecture -- was a counterbalance to the highly advanced computing technologies IBM was showcasing in the pavilion.
- 1963-1964
- Collections - Artifact
Kiosk From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair
The kiosk, designed by the office of Charles and Ray Eames, is the sole survivor of several similar small structures installed within the vast IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Its light-hearted appearance -- suggesting carousel, fairground, and bandstand architecture -- was a counterbalance to the highly advanced computing technologies IBM was showcasing in the pavilion.
- Olsen Machine Works "Interceptor" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1941 - Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. Olsen tether cars were sold fully assembled. This model is of the enclosed "cabin car" style and doesn't have an open cockpit.
- 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Olsen Machine Works "Interceptor" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1941
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. Olsen tether cars were sold fully assembled. This model is of the enclosed "cabin car" style and doesn't have an open cockpit.
- Bench From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair -
- 1963-1964
- Collections - Artifact
Bench From IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair
- Invoice for AC Cobra Chassis #CSX2451, from Shelby American, Inc. to Virgil Exner, Inc., 1964 - Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Chassis number CSX2451 was sold to former Chrysler design head Virgil Exner. It became the basis for Exner's Mercer-Cobra concept car, built in collaboration with the Copper Development Association.
- April 16, 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Invoice for AC Cobra Chassis #CSX2451, from Shelby American, Inc. to Virgil Exner, Inc., 1964
Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Chassis number CSX2451 was sold to former Chrysler design head Virgil Exner. It became the basis for Exner's Mercer-Cobra concept car, built in collaboration with the Copper Development Association.
- Eames Upholstered Wire Chair, circa 1951-1953 -
- circa 1951-1953
- Collections - Artifact
Eames Upholstered Wire Chair, circa 1951-1953
- Eames LCW Chair, 1946-1949 -
- 1946-1949
- Collections - Artifact
Eames LCW Chair, 1946-1949
- Magazine, Wet: The Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, "Religion Issue," 1979 -
- 1979
- Collections - Artifact
Magazine, Wet: The Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, "Religion Issue," 1979