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Posters

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mather & Company "No room for gloom" poster

 Collection
Accession: 2009-235
Abstract:

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: 1929

Mather & Company workplace posters

 Collection
Accession: 1994-319
Abstract:

Mather & Company was a printer of motivational workplace posters, based out of Chicago, Illinois. Between 1923 and 1929, the company produced approximately 350 work-incentive posters. The posters were color lithographs containing vivid images accompanied by witty captions that demonstrated workplace interpersonal interactions, appropriate behaviors, ideals, and guidelines. This artificial collection consists of twenty-six Mather & Company work-incentive posters. The design of each poster follows a standard format; each includes a three-part message and a single image using a colorful pallet.

Dates: 1923; 1924; 1929