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Poster, Give 'em Both Barrels

This is a Poster. It was printed by U. S. Government Printing Office. It is dated 1941 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is offset lithograph on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Shocked and Appealed.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

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Its dimensions are

76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black color pencil, lower left: JEAN / CARLU

It is inscribed

Printed in blue, lower right: DIVISION OF INFORMATION / OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT / WASHINGTON, D.C. / © U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1941-0-450380; stamped in ink, vertically, lower right: [illegible] CENTRAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO.

Cite this object as

Poster, Give 'em Both Barrels; Printed by U. S. Government Printing Office; USA; offset lithograph on wove paper; 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1201

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