Poster, Cleveland: <I>Many Peoples One Language</I>
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
name: label: referenced
content: Cleveland Board of Education
label: graphic artist
content: Artcraft Company
label: maker
content: Donahey, James Harrison
notes: label: Description
content: Waves of non–English–speaking European immigrants flooded the cities of industrial America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Local governments and civic groups sought to encourage immigrants to learn to speak, read, and write English. This 1917 poster from the Americanization Committee of the Cleveland Board of Education was posted in schools in an attempt to reach immigrant parents through their children.
label: Description
content: An appeal to attend free evening English classes appears on this poster in six languages : Italian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Polish, Yiddish, and English. Cleveland's factories, steel mills, port facilities, and assembly plants teemed with the new working–class arrivals from central and eastern Europe. On the eve of the American entry into World War I, nationalistic passions were rising and new immigrants were especially encouraged to "become American" by learning English and preparing for American citizenship.
label: Description
content: The 29" x 43" poster is a J. H. Donahey publication printed by the Artcraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0799.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0799
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0799.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 106.4 cm x 70 cm; 41 7/8 in x 27 9/16 in