Mather & Company "No room for gloom" poster
Creation: 1929Abstract
Mather & Company was a printer of motivational workplace posters, based out of Chicago, Illinois between 1923 and 1929. This item is a poster designed by Frank Beatty (1899-1984) and used to motivate workers after the Stock Market Crash.
Dates
- Creation: 1929
Creator
- Mather & Company (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 item (poster) : color ; mounted on linen ; overall dimensions 46.5 x 39.5 in.
Historical Note
Mather & Company was a printer of motivational workplace posters, based out of Chicago, Illinois between 1923 and 1929. They produced colorful lithographs of artfully done images accompanied by a witty captions that demonstrated workplace interpersonal interactions and appropriate behaviors, ideals, and guidelines. Businesses would subscribe and receive a new poster every week.
Scope and Content
Poster designed by Frank Beatty (1899-1984) and used to motivate workers after the Stock Market Crash. It depicts a black bird with a red breast in a tree singing; next to it is a nest with two baby birds in it. The caption reads: "No Room For Gloom. Those who put things over are too busy to be blue. HOPING BEATS MOPING."
Location
drawer in Hall of Records
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Mather & Company "No room for gloom" poster
- Date:
- 2013
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
