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Photocopy, To-day is 124,000 Birthdays

This is a Photocopy. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated ca. 1939 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

27 × 17.9 cm (10 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, lower left: TYPOGRAPHY BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER

Cite this object as

Photocopy, To-day is 124,000 Birthdays; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 27 × 17.9 cm (10 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-578

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