A new beginning - March 1981
Poster
1981 (published)
1981 (published)
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"A New Beginning - March 1981" Space Shuttle poster. Black-and-white image of the Space Shuttle Columbia, soaring upside down above the Earth. The Shuttle is superimposed over the front page from a newspaper, the 'Dayton Herald', dated Friday December 18, 1903, printed in yellow on brown. The newspaper reports the first successful flight in an aircraft by the Wright brothers, under the headline, 'Dayton Boys Solve Problem'. Running diagonally across the newspaper page, superimposed in orange letters, are the words 'A NEW BEGINNING - MARCH '81'.
Object details
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| Title | A new beginning - March 1981 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "A New Beginning - March 1981" Space Shuttle poster issued by Rockwell International, United States, 1981 |
| Physical description | "A New Beginning - March 1981" Space Shuttle poster. Black-and-white image of the Space Shuttle Columbia, soaring upside down above the Earth. The Shuttle is superimposed over the front page from a newspaper, the 'Dayton Herald', dated Friday December 18, 1903, printed in yellow on brown. The newspaper reports the first successful flight in an aircraft by the Wright brothers, under the headline, 'Dayton Boys Solve Problem'. Running diagonally across the newspaper page, superimposed in orange letters, are the words 'A NEW BEGINNING - MARCH '81'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A NEW BEGINNING - MARCH '81'. (Running diagonally across upper part of poster, printed in orange 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 |
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| Other number | LS.680 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.189-2004 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2006 |
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