"The Stamps of Engineering"

Object summary

Title: "The Stamps of Engineering"
Object ID: 1997.018.001
Date made: 1989
Place made: United States
Maker: Texas Stamps; United States Postal Service
Object type: Print
Major collection: MIT History
On view: No

Description

Nine framed United States Postal Service stamps related to engineering. The stamps are Lillian M. Gilberth (1985), the Centennial of Engineering (1952), Sylvanus Thayer (1985), Philo Farnsworth (1983), Henry Ford (1968), Edwin Armstrong (1983), Charles Steinmetz (1983), Herbert Hoover (1965), and Nikola Tesla (1983). Number 1498/5000.

Gift from the class of 1956.