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1979

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1981

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Poster, Manpower Temporary Services

This is a Poster. It was designed by Lois Ehlert and made for (as the client) Manpower Temporary Services. It is dated 1979 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Manpower Temporary Services.

It is credited Gift of Various Donors.

Its dimensions are

45.9 × 61.1 cm (18 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in yellow ink, lower right: Manpower Temporary Services

Cite this object as

Poster, Manpower Temporary Services; Designed by Lois Ehlert (American, b. 1934); Client: Manpower Temporary Services (United States); USA; lithograph on paper; 45.9 × 61.1 cm (18 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Gift of Various Donors; 1981-29-96

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