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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Invitation and Program for Ceremonies Commemorating the Golden Anniversary of Conservation in America, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

This is a Print. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is offset lithograph on ivory wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 30.5 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.) H x W (open): 30.5 × 50.6 cm (12 in. × 19 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, from top: The Board of Trustees of the / WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL / Requests the Honor of Your Presence / AT CEREMONIES COMMEMORATING / The Golden Anniversary of Conservation in America / Awarding of the Pinchot Conservation Plaque / TO REAR ADMIRAL MILO F. DRAEMEL, U.S.N., Retired / BY MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT / And Presentation of the First National / Clean Streams Emblem / to the / HONORABLE RICHARDSON DILWORTH, MAYOR / THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA / BY THE HONORABLE / ARTHUR S. FLEMING / THE SECRETARY-DESIGNATE OF / HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE / The Art Museum, Philadelphia / June Eleventh / One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-eight; in black, lower left: R.S.V.P. / MR. SAMUEL S. BAXTER / Room 1103 / City Hall Annex / (Telephone: Locust 4-3100) / Philadelphia

Cite this object as

Print, Invitation and Program for Ceremonies Commemorating the Golden Anniversary of Conservation in America, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; offset lithograph on ivory wove paper; H x W: 30.5 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.) H x W (open): 30.5 × 50.6 cm (12 in. × 19 15/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-108-1

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