Emily Post's "Motor Manners, the Bluebooklet of Traffic Etiquette," 1949

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Book

Date Made

1949

Subject Date

1949

Creator Notes

Written by Emily Post and published by the National Highway Users Conference, Washington, D.C.

Collection Title

Location

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)
Length: 0.188 in

Emily Post's "Motor Manners, the Bluebooklet of Traffic Etiquette," 1949