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1968

  • Work on this object began.

1988

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, Tall Ships are Coming! Ho

This is a Poster. It is dated ca. 1978 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is lithograph support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Malcom Grear.

Its dimensions are

86.4 x 60.4 cm (34 x 23 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Title imprinted in black across top; at RC margin: Symbol Design by John Benson Poster by Malcom Grear Designers Produced by Craig-Daw Productions, Newport, R.I.; at lower C: Tall Ships Pacific '78 is organized by The American Sail Training Association

Cite this object as

Poster, Tall Ships are Coming! Ho; USA; lithograph support: paper; 86.4 x 60.4 cm (34 x 23 3/4 in.); Gift of Malcom Grear; 1991-69-103

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