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  • Work on this object ended.

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Poster, Yankee Flame

This is a Poster. It was designed by Ben Schonzeit and made for (as the client) Exxon Mobil Corporation and made for American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. It is dated 1975 and we acquired it in 1981. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Various Donors.

Its dimensions are

88.9 × 61 cm (35 × 24 in.)

It is inscribed

Below, at left are the Mobil and American Revolution Bicentennial logos. Across the right side, "America: the third century," and below, in a smaller font, “'Yankee Flame' by Ben Schonzeit: From a series commissioned by Mobil Oil Corporation for the Bicentennial. Recognized by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.”

Cite this object as

Poster, Yankee Flame; Designed by Ben Schonzeit; Made for American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; Client: Exxon Mobil Corporation; USA; 88.9 × 61 cm (35 × 24 in.); Gift of Various Donors; 1981-29-428

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