March 1981 - A New Era
Poster
1981 (published)
1981 (published)
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"March 1981 - A New Era" Space Shuttle poster. Image of the Space Shuttle Columbia attached to its rocket launcher, in a vertical position, billowing opaque yellow 'smoke' behind it, as if taking off. The Shuttle is superimposed over the front page from a newspaper, the 'New York Times', dated Wednesday, February 21, 1962 (though the date and year are obscured), and printed in black on pale grey. The newspaper reports on the first American Astronaut (John H. Glenn Jr.) to successfully orbit the earth, under the headline, 'GLENN ORBITS EARTH [3] TIMES SAFELY; / PICKED UP IN CAPSULE [BY] DESTROYER; / PRESIDENT WILL [GREET HIM] IN FLORIDA' (words in square brackets are obscured by the overlaid image of the shuttle). In the bottom left corner of the poster, in pale yellow letters, is the slogan, 'MARCH '81 / A NEW ERA'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | March 1981 - A New Era (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "March 1981 - A New Era" Space Shuttle poster issued by Rockwell International, United States, 1981 |
| Physical description | "March 1981 - A New Era" Space Shuttle poster. Image of the Space Shuttle Columbia attached to its rocket launcher, in a vertical position, billowing opaque yellow 'smoke' behind it, as if taking off. The Shuttle is superimposed over the front page from a newspaper, the 'New York Times', dated Wednesday, February 21, 1962 (though the date and year are obscured), and printed in black on pale grey. The newspaper reports on the first American Astronaut (John H. Glenn Jr.) to successfully orbit the earth, under the headline, 'GLENN ORBITS EARTH [3] TIMES SAFELY; / PICKED UP IN CAPSULE [BY] DESTROYER; / PRESIDENT WILL [GREET HIM] IN FLORIDA' (words in square brackets are obscured by the overlaid image of the shuttle). In the bottom left corner of the poster, in pale yellow letters, is the slogan, 'MARCH '81 / A NEW ERA'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MARCH '81 / A NEW ERA' (In the bottom left corner of the poster, in pale yellow 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.681 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.190-2004 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2006 |
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