Cleveland, Many Peoples One Language

Creator: Donahey, James Harrison; Artcraft Company

Repository: National Museum of American History

Color poster of a child teaching his immigrant parents the English alphabet.

Appears In

11.3 Immigration in the Progressive Era

Preferred Citation:

JH Donahey (1875 – 1949), “Cleveland, Many Peoples, One Language” (color poster), printed by the Artcraft Company, Cleveland, OH, 1917 Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Instit... (read more)

J.H. Donahey (1875 – 1949), “Cleveland, Many Peoples, One Language” (color poster), printed by the Artcraft Company, Cleveland, OH, 1917. Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1276325

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Transcription:

Cleveland Many Peoples, One Language Come to the Public Schools Learn the Language of America Prepare for American Citizenship Free Classes for both Men and Women Classes in the Evening and Afternoon Apply to nearest Public Sc... (read more)

Cleveland
Many Peoples, One Language
Come to the Public Schools
Learn the Language of America.
Prepare for American Citizenship.
Free Classes for both Men and Women.
Classes in the Evening and Afternoon.
Apply to nearest Public School or Library for further information.
Board of Education
East Sixth and Rockwell
In Co-operation with the
Cleveland Americanization Committee
(Mayor’s Advisory War Committee)
Editor’s Note: Repeated in other languages on the same poster: Italian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Polish, Yiddish.

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