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More courtesy – Antique Poster Print

More courtesy, 1936 — vintage poster
More courtesy, 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with More courtesy, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Its title, "More courtesy," is a plea written straight onto the poster, and the subject line points to a concern with how people treat one another on the job. The poster was sponsored by the Federal theater Project in New York, which the Works Progress Administration created in 1935 to put theater workers back to work during the Depression. Its silkscreen color printing reflects the cheap, fast method that New York's federal poster workshops used to advertise public programs to working audiences in 1936.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesWork Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Chorpenning Charlotte B. (Charlotte Barrows) Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor.
SubjectsInterpersonal relations--1930-1950. Employees--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,767 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference545_More_courtesy_1936

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