Inventing and Reinventing Stadiums

Published

June 23, 2020

Author

Arthur Daemmrich

Battling Under the River

Drill, blast, shovel. Drill, blast, shovel. Repeat. This was the rhythm of work that accompanied the construction of the North River Tunnels below the...

Figure 1 from John Lloyd Wright’s US Patent 1,351,086 for “Toy Cabin Construction,” dated August 31, 1920. The pen-and-ink figure shows a log cabin with a door and two windows.

Lincoln Logs Inventor John Lloyd Wright

Years ago while conducting research for the Lemelson Center’s Invention at Play exhibition, I was surprised to learn that Lincoln Logs—one of my...

Designing with a New Tool

For those of you who have read some of my previous blogs, particularly “Preparing to Stretch,” you may be aware of the “lull” time that occurs in my...

Photo of Charles Pratt in his office around 1900

Going Up? Going Down?

[Image above: Charles R. Pratt in his office, early 1900s (AC0958-0000009). Courtesy Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian...