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Telephones and Buildings

Dateafter 1966

MediumDrawing; black ink and pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 16 5/8 x 25 5/8in. (42.2 x 65.1cm)

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionDrawing of different kinds of telephones (rotary dial, candlestick, and push-button in a number of different designs), various buildings that are related to Western Electric and other communications corporations, and six vehicles, three of them emblazoned with the Western Electric name. The building on the left in the center is the former AT&T headquarters at 195 Broadway in Manhattan, with the statue "The Genius of Electricity" on top. In the center is the Hawthorne Works building in Cicero, Illinois.The building in the top right of the center sheet is the former New York Telephone Company Building (now the Verizon Building) at 140 West Street in Manhattan.

Object number2012.284.5208

MarkingsVersos of all three sheets, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto of sheet a, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "1"

Recto of sheet b, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "2"

Recto of sheet c, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "3"

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