Above: Promotional Illustration for Bendix Helicopter Bus, Jeanne Weaver, ca. 1947; Airbrush and gouache on cardstock, mounted.
Below: Design for Futuristic Bus, George S. Lawson, March 27, 1946; Watercolor, colored pencil, green paper.
Jean S. and Frederic A Sharf Collection.
from one place to another in mid-century America. Going Places gathers the planes,
trains, and automobiles of Sharf’s—and the world’s—dreams, in one place. There
are “spin-dizzies,” concept cars, see-through model planes, and a train that lights
up. The exhibition also highlights
designers such as Raymond Loewy
and Viktor Schreckengost, who
created the look of the 20th-century vehicles that transported us and
transformed the way we travel.
Going Places includes objects
from two previous exhibitions—
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,
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