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During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major streamline design transformation. Even sewing machines were streamlined. The clean, airplane-like shape of the Sears Kenmore Imperial Model 117.59, designed by John Richard Morgan (1903–1986), presented a sharp contrast from the multifaceted, complex appearance of earlier sewing machine designs. "Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/Streamlines Image: Sears Kenmore Imperial Model 117.59 rotary sewing machine and cabinet, c. 1942, Collection of The Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto, California. L2018.0215.008.01–.03 This image was posted on April 04, 2019.