Exhibitions

Let's Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s

July 27, 2018 – March 24, 2019

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, West, Archives Center Gallery

See on Map Floor Plan

Let’s Get It Right: Work Incentive Posters of the 1920s explores how employers encouraged their workforce. The display features 16 posters from the early 20th century including a WWI poster and posters from Mather and Co. and the Parker-Holladay Co. with images and sayings designed to influence attitudes, reduce conflict, and increase efficiency.