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Object | Accession Number: 2000.311.1

2000.311.1 front
Sign

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Date: use: 1945
Language: German
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Signs and signboards
Object Type: Hazard signs (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Nelson

Physical Description: Rectangular form with rounded corners; constructed of three separate pieces of plastic adhered together; engraved text against white background on recto; circular hole near each corner.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 4.560 inches (11.582 cm) | Width: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm)
Materials: overall : plastic
Inscription: engraved on recto: "Vor der Zapfung [underlined]:/Belu [umlaut] ftungskappe abschrauben, nach/Bedarf Gas-oder Staubfilter einsetzen./ Nach der Zapfung [underlined]:/Belu [umlaut] ftungskappe dicht aufschrauben./Beha [umlaut] lter, Filter, Armaturen und Gewindestu [umlaut] cke stets sauber halten. [sentence underlined]
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by John Nelson.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-02-10 11:49:23
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