Introduction

• Biography
• Chronology
• Andrew F. Johnson – the Father of Automotive Styling

Lesson Papers

First Series

1. First Series: Lesson Paper 1 – Preliminary instructions in free hand drawing
2. First Series: Lesson Paper 1b – Preliminary instructions in free hand drawing
3. First Series: Lesson Paper 1c Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying (Original)
4. First Series: Lesson Paper 1c – Preliminary instructions in free hand drawing (Cyanotype)
5. First Series: Lesson Paper 2 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
6. First Series: Lesson Paper 3 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
7. First Series: Lesson Paper 4 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
8. First Series: Lesson Paper 5 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
9. First Series: Lesson Paper 6 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
10. First Series: Lesson Paper 6a  A Study In Development
11. First Series: Lesson Paper 7 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
12. First Series: Lesson Paper 8 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
13. First Series: Lesson Paper 9 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying
14. First Series: Lesson Paper 10 Specimen Free Hand Drawings for Copying

Second Series

1. Second Series: Lesson Paper 1 – Instructions in Use of Drawing Instruments
2. Second Series: Lesson Paper 3 Exercise in the Use of Drawing Instruments (Original)
3. Second Series: Lesson Paper 3 Exercise in the Use of Drawing Instruments (Cyanotype)
4. Second Series: Lesson Paper 3 – Draftsmen’s Curves
5. Second Series: Lesson Paper 4 – Lettering (Original)
6. Second Series: Lesson Paper 4 – Lettering (Cyanotype)
7. Second Series: Lesson Paper 5 How to Draw an Elliptic Spring
8. Second Series: Lesson Paper 5a – Geometrical Problems (Original)
9. Second Series: Lesson Paper 5a – Geometrical Problems (Cyanotype)
10. Second Series: Lesson Paper 5b – Practice in the Use of Drawing Instruments
11. Second Series: Lesson Paper 6a – Geometrical Problems (Original)
12. Second Series: Lesson Paper 6a – Geometrical Problems (Cyanotype)
13. Second Series: Lesson Paper 7a – Subject: A Runabout
14. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Original)
15. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Cyanotype)

Second Series: Mechanical Drafting

1. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 2 Instructions in use of Drawing Instruments
2. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 5 The Alphabet of Geometry
3. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 6 – Practice In the Use of Drawing Instruments
4. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 7 – How to Sketch a Vehicle
5. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 8 – How to Sketch a Vehicle
6. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 9 – How to Sketch a Vehicle
7. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 10 – How to Draw an Elliptic Spring (Original)
8. Second Series: Mechanical Drafting – Lesson Paper 10 – How to Draw an Elliptic Spring (Cyanotype)

Third Series

1. Third Series: Special Instructions for Third Series
2. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 1 – Geometrical Terms and their  Defintions
3. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 2 – Relations of Lines and Surfaces Considered in Space (Original)
4. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 2 – Relations of Lines and Surfaces Considered in Space (Cyanotype)
5. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 3 – The Representation of Bodies (Original)
6. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 3 – The Representation of Bodies (Cyanotype)
7. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 4 – Projection of Points and Straight Lines (Original)
8. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 4 – Projection of Points and Straight Lines (Cyanotype)
9. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 5 – Projection of Curves and Surfaces (Original)
10. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 5 – Projection of Curves and Surfaces (Cyanotype)
11. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 6 – Operations of Planes of Projection, and Manner of Representing Points, Lines and Surfaces (Original)
12. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 6 – Operations of Planes of Projection, and Manner of Representing Points, Lines and Surfaces (Cyanotype)
13. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 7 –Laying Out Working Draft of a Phaeton (Original)
14. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 7 –Laying Out Working Draft of a Phaeton (Cyanotype)
15. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 8 – Generation of Surfaces, Illustrated by a Phaeton (Original)
16. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 8 – Generation of Surfaces, Illustrated by a Phaeton (Cyanotype)
17. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 9 – The Planes of Projection (Original)
18. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 10 – The Planes of Projection (Original)
19. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 11 – Tables of Sizes (Original)
20. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper 11 – Tables of Sizes (Cyanotype)
21. Third Series: Geometry Applied to Carriage Construction – Lesson Paper – Projections of a Circle (Marked “Obsolete”)

Fourth Series

1. Fourth Series: Lesson Paper 1a – Rules or Axioms to be Observed by Students of Orthographic Projection
2. Fourth Series: Lesson Paper 4a – Figure Planes and their Traces
3. Fourth Series: Lesson Paper 4b – Plane Figures Oblique to all the Planes of Projection
4. Fourth Series: Lesson Paper 4c – Figure Planes and their Traces on the Planes of Projection
5. Fourth Series: Lesson Paper 4c – To Find the Traces that the Figure Plane Makes on the the Planes of Projection When the Projections are Given

Fifth Series

1. Fifth Series: Lesson Paper 5a – Dihedral Angles

Seventh Series

1. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 1 – Outside Surfaces
2. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 1a – Outside Surfaces
3. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 2 – Outside Surfaces
4. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 3 – Outside Surfaces
5. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 4 – Dimensions for the Principal Parts of Gears
6. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 4 – Outside Surfaces
7. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 4a – Outside Surfaces
8. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 5 – Operations on Plane Curves
9. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 6 – Outside Surfaces
10. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 6 – Turning a Wheel Under a Body with the King Bolt in Different Positions
11. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 7 – Shadows
12. Seventh Series: Lesson Paper 8 – Shadows and Shade Lines

Eighth Series

1. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 8 – Finding the Pattern for a Round Seat Panel
2. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 9 – Operations on a Paneled Seat
3. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 10 – Framing an Inclined Pillar in a Contracted Sill
4. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 11 – Laying Out A Stick Seat
5. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 12 – Laying Out A Panel Seat
6. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 13 – Projections of a Circle
7. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 14 – Projections of Double Curves
8. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 15 – Opening a Door Over a Wing
9. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 16 – The Parallel Door
10. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 17 – The Two Side Sweeps and Quarter Light Frames
11. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 18 – Door Bevels
12. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 19 – Pricking Off An Ogee Corner Pillar
13. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 20 – Wheelhouse Frame
14. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 21 – The Houk Wire Wheel
15. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 22 – Finding the Shape of a Panel for a Round Seat
16. Eighth Series: Lesson Paper 23 – Designing a Roof

Extra Series

1. Extra Series: Lesson Paper 1a – Body Layout
   
2. Extra Series: Lesson Paper 2a – Body Layout

Miscellaneous:

1.  Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 1 – Locating the Joints in Top Braces
2. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 2 – Locating the Joints in Top Braces (Hand Lettered Original from the Technical School for Carriage Draftsmen)
3. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 2 – Developing Surfaces by Means of the Proportional Triangle
4. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 2a – Developing Surfaces by Means of the Proportional Triangle
5. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 3 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
6. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 3a – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
7. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 4 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
8. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 5 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
9. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 5a – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
10. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 6 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
11. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 7 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
12. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 7a – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
13. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 7 (alternate) – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Wings
14. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 9 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Seats
15. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 10 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Seats
16. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 11 – Developing the Surface of an Automobile Bonnet
17. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 11a – Developing the Surface of an Automobile Bonnet
18. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 11 – Proportioning Corners (Cyanotype)
19. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper – Developing the Surface of a Cowl (Instructions)
20. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 12 – Developing the Surface of a Cowl
21. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 13 – Developing the Surface of a Cowl
22. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 13 – Developing the Surfaces of Automobile Seats
23. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 14 – Developing the Surface of a Cowl
24. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 15 – Projecting a Roof
25. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 16 – Developing a “Turtle Back”
26. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 16 – Developing the Surface of a Cowl (Original Drawing)
27. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 17 – Developing a Fletcher Cowl
28. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 18 – Developing the Surface of a Cowl (Original drawing)
29. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 18 – Door Bevels
30. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 18 – The Benya Cowl
31. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 18a – Subject: Development
32. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 19 – The Round-Cornered Roof
33. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 19 – The Round-Cornered Roof (Original Drawing)
34. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper 20 – A New Use for the Proportional Triangle
35. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper – Developing a Fletcher Cowl (Original Drawing)
36. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper – Developing the Sections for a Bowl Shaped Top (Original Drawing)
37. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper – Developing the Surface of a Cowl (Instructions)
38. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper B –Proportioning Corners
39. Miscellaneous: Lesson Paper – Developing a Roof

Examination Papers

1. Examination Paper #2 (Handwritten)
2. Examination Paper: 4a & 5a
3. Examination Paper: 7a & 7b
4. Examination Paper: 7c
5. Solution to No. 144

Additional Materials

Andrew F. Johnson’s Automobile Drawings (Drawings from Lesson Papers also included)

1. 1913 Cole Stratton (Original)
2. 1913 Cole Stratton (Cyanotype)
3. 1912 De Deon Bouton (Original)
4. 1912 De Deon Bouton (Cyanotype)
5. Second Series: Lesson Paper 7a – Subject: A Runabout
6. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Original)
7. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Cyanotype)
8. Isotta Fraschini (Original)
9. Isotta Fraschini (Cyanotype)
10. Untitled Limousine
11. Packard Runabout – Andrew F. Johnson’s Original Drawings
12. Packard Runabout – First Reproduction
13. Packard Runabout – Chassis Drawing for Assignments (Original)
14. Packard Runabout – Chassis Drawing for Assignments (Cyanotype)
15. Panhard Levassor (Original)
16. Panhard Levassor (Cyanotype)
17. 1912 Panhard & Levassor Model DF (Original)
18. 1912 Panhard & Levassor Model DF (Cyanotype)
19. Pierce Arrow (Original)
20. Pierce Arrow (Cyanotype)
21. 1912 Renault Freres (Original)
22. 1912 Renault Freres (Cyanotype)
23. Figures 24, 25, 26 & 27
24. Springs and Chassis Components (Hand Drawing, color)
25. Springs and Chassis Components (Hand Drawing, color)
26. Carriage Drawing (Front, Rear, Side and Plan Views)
27. Carriage Drawing (Perspective View – Four Seat Carriage)
28. Carriage Drawing (Perspective View – Two Seat Carriage)

Appendix

1. Letter Shapes
2. Logrithmic Curve
3. Perspective
4. Principal Vehicle Parts
5. Figures 24, 25, 26 & 27