128 pages : 24 cm
Profiles 100 products designed between 1742 and 1965, including the Franklin stove, Singer sewing machine, Steinway grand piano, Yale lock, Winchester '39 carbine, Hamilton pocket watch, Kodak Brownie camera, Victor talking machine, Director's chair, Gillette safety razor, Raleigh bicycle, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost automobile, Ford Model T automobile, Luger pistol, Dixie cup, erector set, Pyrex chemical flasks, Electrolux vacuum cleaner, Leica camera, Zippo lighter, Douglas DC-3 airliner, Hermes portable typewriter, Bolex H-16 motion picture camera, LaSalle automobile, Cord 810 automobile, American modern dinnerware, Coldspot refrigerator, Volkswagen automobile, Toastmaster toaster, Lincoln Continental automobile, Parker 51 pen, Revere Ware cooking utensils, Chemex coffee maker, Willys Jeep automobile, Moen faucet, Thermador built-in oven, Vespa motor scooter, Beechcraft Bonanza airplane, Studebaker automobile, MG Model TG automobile, Polaroid Land camera, Sikorski S-58 helicopter, Olivetti Lettera typewriter, Schick electric shaver, Edison voicewriter, Porsche 356 automobile, American Tourister tri-taper luggage, Fuller geodesic dome, Gio Ponti toilet, Greyhound Scenicruiser bus, BSA Super Rocket motorcycle, Citroen DS-19 automobile, General Electric portable television receiver, Frigidaire fold-back surface cooking burners, IBM RAMAC computer, Tappan 400 range, Sony transistor 8-inch TV 8-301, Xerox office copier, Moulton bicycle, IBM selectric typewriter, Kodak carousel projector, Pentel sign pen, Learjet airplane, Ford Mustang automobile, Bell Trimline telephone, and others
Includes index

Doblin, Jay, 1920- author

2023-06-28