Figure 1.--The poster shows a automobile worker's family. Some hard hit families having trouble putting food on the table would have scoffed at yje message. The little girl wears rompers. This shows that rompers were eworn by girls as well as boys in America. In France only boys wore rompers. Little girls wore dresses. We are less sure about other countries.

Here we note a Depression era poster, urging Americans to buy cars so that workers had jobs. We are not sure, but it looks to us like a Hoover Administration ad in the early 1930s. Most Americans in the 1930s would have loved to have bought a car, but most were having trouble putting food on the table, let alone buy a car. The poster shows a automobile worker's family. The little girl wears rompers.

Chronology

Here we note a Depression era poster, urging Americans to buy cars so that workers had jobs. The poster is undated. We suspect that it was made in the early 1930s. Both the clothing styles and the message suggest this.

Source

We are not sure, but it looks to us like a Hoover Administration ad in the early 1930s. We rather suspect that this poster was published by the Hoover Administration or car manufactureres--people with money who were out of touch with real people adversely affected by the Depression.

The Depression

The New York Stock Market crashed in October 1929. The economic decline steaddily worsened after the Crash. Most Americans in the 1930s would have loved to have bought a car, but most were having trouble putting food on the table, let alone buy a car.

Clothing

The poster shows a automobile worker's family. The little girl wears rompers. This shows that rompers were eworn by girls as well as boys in America. In France only boys wore rompers. Little girls wore dresses. We are less sure about other countries.

Created: October 30, 2003
Last updated: October 30, 2003