Drawing Pen
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-1/4" steel and wood drawing pen is painted black on its handle. The object was received with several other drawing instruments in a wooden box, 1984.1071.13. 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.
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: Drafting, Engineering
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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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: 1984.1071.08
label: accession number
content: 1984.1071
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1071.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 1.1 cm x .6 cm; 5 1/8 in x 7/16 in x 1/4 in