Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1942

  • Work on this object began.

2018

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, Give It Your Best!

This is a Poster. It was designed by Charles Toucey Coiner and published by U. S. Government Printing Office. It is dated 1942. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George R. Kravis II. It is credited Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection.

Its dimensions are

71.1 × 101.6 cm (28 × 40 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, lower right corner: DIVISION OF INFORMATION / OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942-O-455950; Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: M20737-5

Cite this object as

Poster, Give It Your Best!; Designed by Charles Toucey Coiner (American, 1898–1989); Published by U. S. Government Printing Office; offset lithograph on paper; 71.1 × 101.6 cm (28 × 40 in.); Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection; 2019-29-28

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