A square of the original fabric from the "Chicago," one of three Douglas World Cruiser aircraft that departed from Seattle, Washington on April 6, 1924, on a round the world flight.
Purwin was a well-known artist who resided in Woods Hole, MA. He was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and print-maker as well as an inventor who discovered a technique called "thermo relief painting."
Nine woodcuts by the California artist Edgar Dorsey Taylor adorn the walls in the library reading room. They are part of a portfolio, with the legend stating there are ten prints.
They are representative of American abstract expressionism of the…