Drawing Pen
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-3/8" steel, German silver, and black plastic drawing pen is marked on its adjusting screw: 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |8.
label: Description
content: The donor, Sebastian J. Tralongo (1928–2007), served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then worked for the Vitro Corporation in Rockville, Md., for 35 years. He patented a device for signaling from deeply submerged submarines. This pen was received with several other drawing instruments in a wooden box, 1984.1071.13.
label: Description
content: References: "Tralongo, Sebastian James 'Subby'," <i>Hartford Courant</i>, May 26, 2007; Sebastian J. Tralongo, "Submarine Signal Device" (U.S. Patent 2,989,024 issued June 20, 1961); "Vitro Corp. – Company Profile," http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/25/Vitro-Corp.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Pens and Pencils
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sebastian J. Tralongo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1071.07
label: accession number
content: 1984.1071
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1071.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.5 cm x .7 cm x 1.4 cm; 5 5/16 in x 9/32 in x 9/16 in