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Death Mask of Nikola Tesla on Pedestal, 1943
Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967 and Ruotolo, Onorio, b. 18881943
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is one of the greatest figures in the history of electrical power and telecommunications. His alternating current induction motor and pioneering work with polyphase electricity were fundamental to the development of today's electric power grid systems. This death mask, made of electroplated copper, was created at the request of Hugo Gernsback -- a publisher, writer, and friend of Tesla.
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- Title: Death Mask of Nikola Tesla on Pedestal, 1943
- Creator: Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967, Ruotolo, Onorio, b. 1888
- Date: 1942-01-07
- Date Created: 1943
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Castings (Object genre), Commemoratives, Death masks, Pedestals, Commemorations, Tesla coils, Transmission towers, Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967, Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943, Gernsback Publications, Inc.
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=279436
- Object Name: Death mask
- Object ID: 68.4.1
- Image ID: THF49159
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. In Memory of Hugo Gernsback
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