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Eobert A. Chipman and Guenter Schwarz. A diorama depicting the 

 broadcast of a program from the studio of pioneer radio station 

 KDKA in Pittsburgh was also completed during the year. 



Throughout the year attention was devoted to the development of 

 exhibits of medical and pharmaceutical history which were designed 

 by Ronald Elbert and Fred Craig from specifications furnished by 

 Dr. John Blake and Dr. Sami Hamarneh, curator and associate cura- 

 tor, respectively, of medical sciences. 



On February 18, 1960, the new farm machinery hall in the south- 

 east court of the Arts and Industries Building was formally opened. 

 The exhibits illustrate the progressive mechanization of farm work 

 since the early part of the 19th century. Actual machines supple- 

 mented by accurate models record the development of these labor- 

 saving devices. Associate Curator Edward C. Kendall was responsi- 

 ble for the planning of this hall and the exhibits were designed by 

 Ronald Elbert. 



On December 9, 1959, the section of the textile hall gallery, tracing 

 the history of the development of the sewing machine, was opened 

 to the public. Seven cases show the first United States patents, the 

 development of a practical machine, commercial treadle and hand 

 machines of the 1850's to 1870's, unusual sewing-machine patents of 

 the period, and early sewing-machine attachments for special pur- 

 poses. A section of this gallery was opened on May 17, 1960, for the 

 display of printing and dyeing teclmiques from the early painted- 

 cotton fabrics of India tlirough the tie-dyeing, batik, block printing, 

 copperplate printing, roller printing, stenciling, and silk-screen 

 printing. 



Theodore A. Randall, professor of ceramics of the New York State 

 University, served as consultant to Acting Curator Paul V. Gardner 

 in planning the hall of ceramics and glass. The Seventh Interna- 

 tional Exhibition of Ceramic Art was held from August 21 to Sep- 

 tember 23, 1959, in the foyer of the Natural History building. For- 

 eign ceramics selected and lent by the embassies of the 19 countries 

 represented supplemented ceramics made by i\jnerican artists of na- 

 tional or international reputation, and pieces exhibited by local 

 artists. 



In May 1960 production was completed on the panel exhibits for 

 the second of two large sections of the hall of graphic arts illustrating 

 the history and development of photochemical printing. These ex- 

 hibits, designed by Harry Hart from scripts written by Assistant 

 Curator Fuller O. Griffith, 3d, will be stored until the Museum of 

 History and Technology building is completed. 



Installation of exhibits in the petroleum hall of the Arts and In- 

 dustries Building was nearing completion at the end of the year. 



