[20]  Proceeding to the right toward Human Resources, there are two photo essays that trace the history of the organization from when it was a fledging 1-room office to today's site at Three Park Avenue. Immediately to your right [20]--Photographs from the West 39th Street building (the first United Engineering Center where ASME held only the 10th floor) show a dramatic contrast with today's Society. Note the 2-desk office of Purchasing and Membership (upper right), as well as photographs of the entire Societal publications from year 1912-13 (lower right) and the Transactions to date (1915). The other photo essay [21] provides some context to relocation efforts, showing all the offices held by the Society from 1880 on.Also in the Human Resources waiting area, an oil portrait of George H. Corliss (1817-1888) was among the earliest of the portraits to be given to ASME. It was a gift from his widow and his estate. Corliss was considered equal in stature to James Watt, having revolutionized steam engine design through his improvements and refinements.

Returning to the staircase and going down to the 20th floor, on the landing is a bronze tablet commemorating ASME's 50th anniversary.

As you turn left from the staircase toward the Codes and Standards reception area, to the left is the plaque designating the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as an ASME landmark, in recognition of the special significance it holds for the mechanical engineering profession.

Turning right from the staircase and traveling away from the Codes and Standards reception, turning left, the 20th floor southwest conference room contains an oil portrait and a pastel portrait, both framed with oval mats. As you enter the room, to the left, the oil of John Ericsson was found at an antique dealer in New York City and was recognized to be the one by artist Ballin (possibly Hugo Ballin, 1879-1956) that had hung in Ericsson's Beach Street (New York) parlor.

The pastel portrait of Professor Wm. J. Rankine, which was found in Glasgow in 1889 was one of the earliest portraits given to the Society. Rankine was the author of several classical textbooks and worked out much of the computations for early compound steamship engines.

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