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1954

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Print, Behind the Scenes: Service Representatives in a Business Office

This is a Print. It was created by Douglas Warner Gorsline and made for Bell Telephone Company. It is dated 1954 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Judson S. Bradley. It is credited Gift of Judson S. Bradley.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 17.6 × 15.4 cm (6 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.) Sheet: 30.7 × 25.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Douglas Gorsline 54

Cite this object as

Print, Behind the Scenes: Service Representatives in a Business Office; Douglas Warner Gorsline (American, 1913 - 1985); Made for Bell Telephone Laboratories (United States); USA; etching in black ink on paper; Platemark: 17.6 × 15.4 cm (6 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.) Sheet: 30.7 × 25.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Gift of Judson S. Bradley; 1954-83-1

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