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

Summary

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 

Post, Emily, 1873-1960 

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

Book Collection 

 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)

Length: .188 in

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