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1937

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • Work on this object ended.

1998

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Letterhead, United Fruit Company, New York, ca. 1947

This is a letterhead. It was designed by Unknown. It is dated ca. 1947 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is letterpress: yellow, red, black ink on heavy yellow wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Thomas F. O'Malley.

Its dimensions are

27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in. )

It is inscribed

Imprinted in raised yellow, upper center: United Fruit Company. Imprinted down right side of sheet at upper right printed in yellow: PIER 3, NORTH RIVER, NEW YORK 6, N.Y.

Cite this object as

Letterhead, United Fruit Company, New York, ca. 1947; Designed by Unknown (American); USA; letterpress: yellow, red, black ink on heavy yellow wove paper; 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in. ); Gift of Thomas F. O'Malley; 1998-64-1

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