50 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
United States. The use of transformers made it possible to send 
electrical power over great distances, instead of being limited to a 
mile or so from the generating station. 
Additions to the horological exhibits included a large operating 
model of the Hamilton electric clock, constructed on a scale of 8 to 
1, and a group of recently cleaned and restored Japanese clocks. Dur- 
ing the annual meeting of the National Association of Watch and 
Clock Collectors in May 1959, a number of New England watches 
were placed on display. 
The completely renovated 1893 Duryea automobile was returned 
to the exhibition series and the Cornell-Liberty Mutual survival 
car was placed on temporary exhibition. 
A special exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 
birth of Abraham Lincoln was opened in the west hall of the Arts 
and Industries Building on February 11, 1959. Selected items from 
the Museum’s collection of Lincoln memorabilia and a life-size figure 
on which is displayed the office suit worn by President Lincoln 
on the morning of his assassination comprise the essential elements 
of this exhibit. Included are many of the items that have recently 
been donated to the Institution by Lincoln Isham, of Dorset, Vt., 
great-grandson of President Lincoln. At the same time the division 
of philately prepared a special exhibit, “Lincoln on Stamps,” in- 
cluding free franked covers of Mrs. Lincoln lent through the assist- 
ance of Mrs. Morton Dean Joyce of New York, and the division of 
numismatics arranged groups of Lincoln medals to portray Lincoln’s 
life and impact on history. The division of numismatics also pre- 
pared a large exhibit of U.S. commemorative coins, presidential 
medals, and American medallic art for the first Ibero-American 
Numismatic Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, which opened November 
24, 1958. 
The department of Armed Forces history presented two special 
exhibitions in the rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building dur- 
ing the year. From July through September 1958 a special showing 
of the Tole paintings of Mrs. Irving Olds and naval prints from 
the collection of Mr. Olds was displayed under the joint sponsorship 
of the U.S. Marine Corps and the division of naval history. <A spe- 
cial exhibition featuring the submarines Wauwtilus and Holland 
was set up during May 1959. 
During the year the appearance of the uniforms exhibited on the 
west gallery of the Arts and Industries Building was materially en- 
hanced by placing them on adjustable mannequins. 
DOCENT SERVICE 
In January 1959 the general direction of the educational program 
of volunteer docent guide service, conducted with the cooperative as- 
