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A 19th century architect at the drawing board. A drawing board (also drawing table, drafting table or architect's table) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations (such as ...
Orchard Supply was formed in 1931 as the Orchard Supply Farmers Co-op by 30 farmers, consisting mostly of orchardists and fruit tree ranchers who banded together to form a cooperative to buy essential farm supplies. [5] Each farmer put up $30 and in the midst of the Great Depression a new company was formed. Stanley B. Smith served as the ...
Drafting board with a T-square and triangle A T-square is a technical drawing instrument used by draftsmen primarily as a guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drafting table . The instrument is named after its resemblance to the letter T, with a long shaft called the "blade" and a short shaft called the "stock" or "head".
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It has wide, vertical board siding, slanting shed roof, horizontal boards on the ends, multi-paned windows, and open areas covered with chicken wire. 5. Barn. Outside the cottage yard and to the west of the orchard is the household's milk barn, later used as a bull barn. It has a steep gable roof which extends on the north to cover a side shed.
Drawing board with a parallel rule, a precursor to drafting machines. Ercole Marelli offices, Sesto San Giovanni. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1963. The drafting machine was invented by Charles H. Little in 1901 (U.S. Patent No. 1,081,758), and he founded the Universal Drafting Machine Company in Cleveland, Ohio, to manufacture and sell the instrument ...
A folding screen, also known as pingfeng (Chinese: 屏風; pinyin: píngfēng), is a type of free-standing furniture consisting of several frames or panels, which are often connected by hinges or by other means. They have practical and decorative uses, and can be made in a variety of designs with different kinds of materials.
Located at 103 Orchard Street, above the Visitor's Center, the exhibition explores the lives of a Holocaust refugee family, a Puerto Rican migrant family, and a Chinese immigrant family. [ 14 ] In the spring of 2021, the Tenement Museum added "Reclaiming Black Spaces" to their list of available walking and virtual tours, educating visitors on ...