Our America Number 3: Chart for the Third Week: Uses of Electrical Power

Atlanta: Coca Cola Company/Forbes Company, 1942. Softcover. Color offset lithograph. Dimensions of sheet: 32" x 22." Our America Classroom Instruction Poster, 1942. Educational poster for grade school instruction developed and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. The series focused on American industry and was utilized as classroom aides during WWII. This specific poster was designed to demonstrate the numerous ways which electrical power is utilized. Recto of poster includes one [1] central image entitled A City of Light, and eight [8] other inset images entitled: 1. 1858 South Foreland Light; 2. 1879 Edison Completes His Lamp; 3. Electric Bulletins; 4. A Searchlight; 5. Electricity in the Home; 6. Automatic Telephone Exchange; 7. Electricity in Medicine; 8. Sound Motion Pictures Developed by the Coca-Cola Company and approved by leading educators. Copyright statement dated MCMXLII in lower right corner of sheet. "Litho. in U.S.A."--Lower left corner of recto "Litho in U.S.A." statement on lower left corner of sheet. In Very Near fine condition. Crisp and fresh. Rare - OCLC lists only one copy, at the Boston Atheneum. OCLC number 1117601516. Very Near Fine. Item #222231

Price: $225.00