August Bank Holiday
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Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- London Passenger Transport Board, London, England
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster design for the London Underground, advertising the opportunity to use the railway to leave London during the Bank Holiday in August. Three silhouettes of blue postmen carrying flags (with the London Underground logo) and running. Below, in red ink: AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY; in blue: OUT BY LONDON TRANSPORT / PLEASE ASK AT/ TICKET OFFICE / FOR LEAFLET OF / SUMMER OUTINGS.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- 1937
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-92
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on paper, lined
- Dimensions
- 107.2 × 68.5 cm (42 3/16 × 26 15/16 in.)
- made in
- London, England, United Kingdom
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-92
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq403638a94-f162-4322-8646-4928ca29c34f
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