Object Details
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
British General Post Office, London, England
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Poster depicts a blue Earth with a large black telephone handset against it at an angle. In blue block type, in diagonal on picture plane: CONTACT / WITH THE WORLD. In block type outlined in blue ink, in diagonal on the picture plane: USE THE; below, in all-black: TELEPHONE
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Date
1934
Accession Number
1963-39-62
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
74.9 × 49.5 cm (29 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
made in
London, England, United Kingdom
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-39-62