The Telephone and the Ticker, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Artist
content: J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917
label: For
content: World's Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Outline of a pendentive with draped female figure. The figure's left arm is raised, holding a telephone receiver to her ear. In the background, a ticker, from which come two strands of tape wrap around the figure and end in the basket to the left. The composition is scaled and marked for transfering the image. Squared for enlargement.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: used in
content: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Carroll Beckwith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1915-2-6
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, graphite on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 62.4 × 47.2 cm (24 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.)