. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 22 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1960. Steam power came into use on farms after 1 850. The Frick portable steam engine (center) was in operation 1877-1949. Gasoline traction engines came into use about 1900/ the two here date from about 1920. many interesting and unusual machines from the Museum collection, one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Pictures of these are shown on pages 85-89. A second section of the gallery, opened on May 17, displays print- ing and dyeing techniques from the earl
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 22 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1960. Steam power came into use on farms after 1 850. The Frick portable steam engine (center) was in operation 1877-1949. Gasoline traction engines came into use about 1900/ the two here date from about 1920. many interesting and unusual machines from the Museum collection, one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Pictures of these are shown on pages 85-89. A second section of the gallery, opened on May 17, displays print- ing and dyeing techniques from the early painted cotton fabrics of India through tie-dyeing, batik, block printing, copperplate printing, roller printing, stenciling, and silk screen printing. A special tem- porary exhibit of rare printed textiles was installed on the rotunda gallery for the opening. It included a 17th-century German resist- printed linen, a painted Indian cotton of about 1700, an Oberkampf toile, an American commemorative print of 1840, and a warp-printed silk of 1867. Installation of the tliird and last section of the gallery exhibits was begun in May 1960. Preparation and installation of the textile fab- rics in the new gallery exhibits was carried out, under the direction of acting curator Grace L. Rogers, by Nancy E. Vaughan and Doris Bowman of the division staff. Exhibits were designed by Paul Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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