My father doesn't drink schnapps
Poster
1925 (made)
1925 (made)
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Colour lithograph poster depicting a man with a thick moustache and hat carrying a child in his arms. Another man stands in the background with a large jug of alcohol and two shot glasses. He appears dishevilled and drunk, in comparison to the sober father in the foreground. The caption translates as 'My father doesn't drink schnapps'.
Object details
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| Title | My father doesn't drink schnapps (generic title) |
| Brief description | "Mein vater trinkt keinen Schnaps" (My father doesn't drink schnapps). Temperance poster printed by Orell Füssli. Swiss, ca. 1925. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster depicting a man with a thick moustache and hat carrying a child in his arms. Another man stands in the background with a large jug of alcohol and two shot glasses. He appears dishevilled and drunk, in comparison to the sober father in the foreground. The caption translates as 'My father doesn't drink schnapps'. |
| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.1110-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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