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1938

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1948

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1963

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Print, Loose Talk Can Cost Lives

This is a Print. It was created by Edward McKnight Kauffer and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) The John B. Stetson Company. It is dated ca. 1943 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is 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

37.7 × 28 cm (14 13/16 × 11 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Loose Talk Can Cost Lives; Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: The John B. Stetson Company; USA; lithograph on paper; 37.7 × 28 cm (14 13/16 × 11 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-727

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