Nobody Fixed It Mather Poster ✓

Mather Poster, 1927

36 x 48 in (90 x 121 cm)

ID #LBT-L-02

"Nobody Fixed It. Loose spikes can wreck a train. Little leaks can wreck a business. Let's plug the leaks!"

This metaphor is intended to ensure workers cover all ground and don't get sloppy. 

The 1920’s brought in great wealth for America, propaganda posters from World War I and the start of “welfare capitalism.” It was the perfect environment for Mather and Company work ethic posters to gain popularity. Employers who wished to improve the efficiency of their office, and divert worker attention away from unions, could purchase a subscription of these posters. They made use of catchy slogans, puns, and metaphors, as well as the Art Deco-style designs of well-known American artists. Though the Mather campaigns ended in 1930 due to the 1929 stock market crash, a truly American ideal had been preserved in nearly 350 different posters -- that of the importance of capitalism, individualism, and efficacy.

LBT-#02

1000-2500 finance industry labour mather Mather and Company medium Original rail railway size-35-5x47-5 train train wreck vintage poster vintage posters work ethic

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