Emily Post's "Motor Manners, the Bluebooklet of Traffic Etiquette," 1949
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Can good manners make safe drivers? The National Highway Users Conference, an industry-based organization supporting good roads and highways, hoped so. In 1949, the organization called on Emily Post to provide etiquette tips to automobile users. Motor Manners provided guidelines for the courteous and safe driver as well as respectful passengers.
Can good manners make safe drivers? The National Highway Users Conference, an industry-based organization supporting good roads and highways, hoped so. In 1949, the organization called on Emily Post to provide etiquette tips to automobile users. Motor Manners provided guidelines for the courteous and safe driver as well as respectful passengers.
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1949
Subject Date
1949
Creators
National Highway Users Conference
Place of Creation
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Creator Notes
Written by Emily Post and published by the National Highway Users Conference, Washington, D.C.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.135.1766
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5 in (16.5" unfolded)
Width: 6.875 in (15.5" unfolded)
Thickness: .188 in
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