| Date | Text | |
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05 Dec 1960
Walter Dorwin Teague |
death Walter Dorwin Teague Died 5 Dec 1960 at age 76 (born 18 Dec 1883). American industrial designer who pioneered in the establishment of industrial design as a profession in the United States. Teague designed cameras for Eastman Kodak and Polaroid, glassware for Steuben, interior designs, and many other items such as flat irons and radios. He designed the old-style Texaco gas stations, the ones that were painted white with forest-green streamline stripes and a free-standing post bearing the red Texaco star logo on a white disk, which were built alike over America. |
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