Ralph E. Kruck drawings 1927-1935 [technicl drawings]

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Ralph E. Kruck drawings 1927-1935 [technicl drawings]

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This collection contains drawings by Ralph E. Kruck of a wide range of domestic products and appliances. Also included are designs by other industrial artists who worked for Westinghouse, including Donald L. Hadley and Raymond Loewy. Many of the drawings are not signed. They were identified through the assistance of Hampton C. Wayt, an historian who is familiar with the individual styles and biographies of the industrial design artists represented in this collection.

2.0 linear ft.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7957293

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986

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Raymond Loewy (1893-1986) was an American industrial designer noted for his streamlined style found on hundreds of products, such as Lucky Strike packaging, the Studebaker Starliner, and locomotives on the Pennysylvania RR. From the guide to the Raymond Loewy Studebaker Photographs, 1947, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Industrial designer. Full name: Raymond Fernand Loewy. Born in France; emigrated to the United States in 1919. ...

Westinghouse electric corporation

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Hadley, Donald L.

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Kruck, Ralph E., 1906-1994.

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Ralph E. Kruck (1906-1994) joined Westinghouse as an industrial designer in 1931. A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, which had one of the first Industrial Design programs, Kruck worked on designs for domestic appliances such as refrigerators and fans. In 1943, after working in the Westinghouse Engineering Department in Springfield, Massachusetts, Kruck was appointed manager of Westinghouse Electric Appliance Division product design department in Mansfield, Ohio. In this position, he...