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Notebook

Object number2013.52.6 a,b

Date1990-1994

MediumPaper

Credit LineGift of Leland Anderson

DescriptionPocket notebook wrapped in two different Yugoslavian 5,000 Dinar bills. The front cover of the notebook features the image of Nikola Tesla found on one of the bills. The rest of the notebook is wrapped by the second bill, printed in the early 1990s, features the image of an unknown man appearing to be from the early 19th century. The majority of the colors of the bills are green, and orange or yellow. The pages inside the notebook are all white and blank. There is a small loop of blue braded ribbon attached in the binding coming out of the top of the notebook. Attached to the inside of the back cover is a sticky note with source and date information.Dimensions2.563 x 2.063 x 0.5 in. (6.5 x 5.2 x 1.3 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
Attached to the inside of the back cover is a sticky note which reads: "FROM / DRENKA DOBROSAVLJEVIC' / NOVEMBER 1994".
Historical NotesDonor Leland Anderson is a writer and researcher who is the author of a number of published works on the electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. Tesla, who worked for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in 1888, was known for his work on the alternating current system, radio communication, and X-ray technology. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing over the next 50 years, Anderson compiled a large collection of research materials documenting the life and work of Tesla.

Related person Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943)

Related person Drenka Dobrosavljevic

Previous owner Leland Anderson

Related institution Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (1886 - 1945)

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