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March '81 - our time line!

Poster
1981 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

"March '81 - Our Time Line!" Space Shuttle poster. Black-and-white photographic image of the Space Shuttle Columbia on the launch pad. Across the top of the poster are the words, "MARCH '81 - OUR TIME LINE!" in a large white typeface. Just above the nose of the rocket to which the Shuttle is attached is '"It takes / a great team / to build a great / spacecraft."', in a black typeface. In the lower right corner of the poster is a photograph of a man wearing a jacket, collar and tie, next to the words, '"We're that team."', and below this, in a smaller typeface, 'George Jeffs', in white letters.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMarch '81 - our time line! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Brief description
"March '81 - Our Time Line!" Space Shuttle poster issued by Rockwell International, United States, 1981
Physical description
"March '81 - Our Time Line!" Space Shuttle poster. Black-and-white photographic image of the Space Shuttle Columbia on the launch pad. Across the top of the poster are the words, "MARCH '81 - OUR TIME LINE!" in a large white typeface. Just above the nose of the rocket to which the Shuttle is attached is '"It takes / a great team / to build a great / spacecraft."', in a black typeface. In the lower right corner of the poster is a photograph of a man wearing a jacket, collar and tie, next to the words, '"We're that team."', and below this, in a smaller typeface, 'George Jeffs', in white letters.
Dimensions
  • Height: 69.9cm
  • Width: 53.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MARCH '81 - OUR TIME LINE!' (Across the top of the poster, in a large white typeface.)
  • '"It takes / a great team / to build a great / spacecraft."' (Just above the nose of the rocket to which the Shuttle is attached is, in a black typeface.)
  • '"We're that team." / George Jeffs' (In the lower right corner of the poster, in white letters.)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other number
LS.678 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.187-2004

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2006
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