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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, U. S. Army Trucks Crossing a Pontoon Bridge

This is a Print. It is dated 1942 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 27.7 × 37.9 cm (10 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.) Sheet: 36.2 × 46.3 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: To my friend Frank Mitchell / 3.20.42.; lower right: By Jim Allen of Larchmont, 1942 / Lithograph on Stone - Proof by / Miller -

Cite this object as

Print, U. S. Army Trucks Crossing a Pontoon Bridge; USA; lithograph in black ink on paper; Image: 27.7 × 37.9 cm (10 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.) Sheet: 36.2 × 46.3 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.); 1955-111-10

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