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which is being produced by the exhibits laboratory. Development of 

 exhibits for the Hall of Physical Sciences progressed with the com- 

 pletion of a layout plan for the mathematics section and the jDroduc- 

 tion of all but one unit in the section on astronomy. 



The Farm Machinery Hall was on view when the new Museum of 

 History and Technology building opened in January. Through dis- 

 plays of original objects and accurate scale models this hall shows how 

 the invention and use of labor-saving machines played a major role in 

 the rapid expansion of American agriculture since the early 19th 

 century. The earlier hand-wielded and horse-drawn implements are 

 contrasted with later self-propelled machines which performed the 

 same basic tasks of plowing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting food 

 crops. Thomas Jefferson's plan for a more efficient moldboard which 

 any farmer of his time could make with his own tools and fit to his 

 plow is a feature display in the series on the development of the plow. 

 Jolin Deere's "steel" plow is shown, as are scale models of the McCor- 

 mick and Hussey reapers of the 1830's. Colorful portable steam 

 engines which supplied belted power to the old threshers and other 

 farm machines are displayed along with gasoline and diesel tractors 

 which pulled and powered large farm implements. The exhibits in 

 this hall were planned by associate curator Edward C. Kendall in 

 cooperation with exhibits designer Riddick Vann. The human figures 

 which help to establish scale and add interest to the miniature models 

 of reapers were executed by exhibits technician Susan Wallace. 



Installation of exhibits in the new Hall of Graphic Arts was begun 

 in the spring of 1964 in anticipation of a fall opening. This hall will 

 explain the processes and present outstanding examples of graphic 

 works created and produced by hand and by photomechanical proc- 

 esses. These exhibits have been planned by curator-in-charge Jacob 

 Kainen and associate curator Fuller O. Griffith of the division of 

 graphic arts in cooperation with exhibits designer Nadya Kayaloff. 



Among the displays in the preview of future exhibits in the tempo- 

 rary exhibits gallery on the first floor of the new museum are a num- 

 ber of outstanding objects from the collections of this department, 

 including the Benjamin Franklin Press, the Kelmscott Chaucer, three 

 prints of old masters, and an early American handloom, built by a 

 pioneer settler of western Pennsylvania about 1800. The loom was 

 prepared for weaving and is used for weekly demonstrations by asso- 

 ciate curator of textiles Rita Adrosko. 



Miss Bowman, Mrs. Lois Vann, and Miss Maureen Collins of the 

 division of textiles assisted in preparing the backing of the Star- 

 Spangled Banner prior to its installation in the new museum. Miss 

 Collins also assisted Mrs. Murray in the preparation of specimens for 

 exhibition in the Hall of American Costume. Several textiles speci- 



