The Machine Age in America, 1918-41

Wilson, Richard Guy, et al. The Machine Age in America, 1918-41. New York: Abrams, 1986. A Times Mirror Book "Published in conjunction with a major exhibition that will tour the country after opening at the Brooklyn Museum."

RGW and Dianne H. Pilgrim were the Exhibition Currators. Nine chapters: "America and the Machine Age," "Machine Aesthetics," "Selling the Machine Age," "The Machine in the Landscape," "Transportation Machine Design," "Architecture in the Machine Age" (all written by RGW), "Engineering a New Art" (by Dickran Tashjian), "Design for the Machine" (Dianne H. Pilgrim), "The Machine Age and Beyond" (RGW, DT, DHP). Illus. include L. Lozowick, Machine Ornament No. 2; L. W. Hine, Heart of the Turbine; and H. Ferriss, Study for the Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Code, Stage 2.