Pen & ink map titled "A View of the Citie of Lancaster from the East." Aerial perspective looking down onto buildings and trees. Chestnut, Orange and King streets fade into hills in the distance. The seal of the city appears lower left and on the right is a shield. Upper left shows a banner with title of the map and a banner on the upper right details some history of Lancaster. Identification of significant sites as well as history notes are written on the map. The artist, John Jarvis has signed the map on the lower right border.
Original design for Armstrong World Industries created by Carol Lease (Morgan).
Tempera paint on "check paper" (100 pegs per square inch), is design of branching roses done with 10 paint colors (shown on reverse side). Maker/donor writes that this a "10-color 18-inch straight drop repeat design for feltbase floor."
Dated on reverse: "3/5/59" and signed by designer "Carol Lease." Below is "M Stevens" in colored pencil. Remnant of masking tape below. Number 10 is written in two corners.
Donor writes: "Harry Humphries, Director of Styling, believed a designer's skill was developed by practice designing roses on floor-such designs were mandatory for his new 'current' designers even though such designs no longer we in demand. This was my first effort designing for Armstrong. I deliberately painted an atypical rose and background departing from designs Armstrong traditionally used. Needless to say, it did not pass muster for production."
One of a collection of designs and production samples created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries.
Original design by Carol Lease Morgan for Armstrong World Industries, in two parts A & B, originally joined together at edges with tape.
Tempera paint on "check paper," 64 pegs/ sq. inch. A 10-color 36" x 18" straight drop design for feltbase floor. Floral design is blue and purple roses and other 5-petal flowers on a ground of mostly tan color.
Inscriptions on reverse of left part (A) has on '#13" written in two corners. Right part (B) has 10 colors listed along with hand stamp "A produce design prototype sample prepared/by or for Armstrong Current Styling." Below this is the date (1/14/60) and name of designer (Carol Morgan), and finally the witness (Carl H. Kelman).
Maker/donor writes: "NOTE: departs from Armstrong's typical "scroll" type background motifs and uses a "rush square" element instead. Rush square rugs were trendy at the time."
One of a collection of designs and production samples created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries.
Original design by Carol Lease (Morgan) of Armstrong World Industries.
Tempera paint on rotogravure printed stock flooring (heavy felt paper backing?). This design of roses with scrolling vines is 8-color 18-inch half drop repeat design for floor or wall covering.
Inscribed on reverse is hand-stamped statement: "A product design prototype sample prepared
/by Carol L. Morgan/ Witness: Harold M. Peek, Jr." #1 is written in two corners.
One of a collection of designs and production sample created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries by Carol Lease Morgan (one created by Richard E. Morgan, husband and fellow employee.)
Original design by Carol Lease (Morgan) of Armstrong World Industries.
Tempera paint on rotogravure printed stock flooring (heavy felt paper backing?). This design of leaves on a tan ground with glitter is a 4-color design for floor or wall covering.
Inscribed on reverse is hand-stamped statement: "A product design prototype sample prepared
/by or for Armstrong Current Styling,/ Date: 6/1/60/ Signature: Carol L. Morgan/ Witness: Harry S. Musler (?)." #5 is written in two corners.
One of a collection of designs and production sample created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries by Carol Lease Morgan (one created by Richard E. Morgan, husband and fellow employee.)
Original design by Carol Lease (Morgan) of Armstrong World Industries.
Tempera paint on rotogravure printed stock flooring (heavy felt paper backing?). This 4-block design with 4 compass-drawn circles in each is 3-color 18-inch repeat design for floors.
Inscribed on reverse is hand-stamped statement: "A product design prototype sample prepared
/by or for Armstrong Current Styling,/ Date: 7/28/60/ Signature: Carol L. Morgan/ Witness: (blank)."
One of a collection of designs and production sample created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries by Carol Lease Morgan (one created by Richard E. Morgan, husband and fellow employee.)
Good. Several tiny losses of paint across surface; light streak of blue pen in within bottom right circle. Reverse has some soiling and two tape remnants. Pin-hole at the center of each circle.
Original design by Carol Lease (Morgan) of Armstrong World Industries.
Production sample of felt base flooring has an 8-color 18" repeat design created for floors. This is a design of 3 sizes of gold squares with collapsed/concave sides on a ground of tan and gray flecks. It is a printed design brushed while wet to blend colors. Has a smooth semi--gloss surface.
Reverse is unsigned. #3 is in upper left corner and "4" is in lower left corner.
One of a collection of designs and production sample created at the Styling Center of Armstrong World Industries by Carol Lease Morgan (one created by Richard E. Morgan, husband and fellow employee.)
Charcoal portrait on poster board ('Nat Mat Cardboards').. Drawn from neck up, "Thaddeus Stevens" is looking to the viewer's right. Artist J.A. Jolly has printed his name beneath Stevens' left shoulder. Cut-out printed black uppercase letters are attached beneath the drawing: "THADDEUS STEVENS." The surface appears to have been sprayed with a matte finish.
On reverse, written on taped-on white piece of paper: "Drawn by/ James Arthur Jolly/ April 1967/ 17 Mary St./ Millersville, Pa./Asst. Prof., M.S.C./ Memb. Lanc. Co. Hist. Soc."
