URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/38082
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Proclamation of the Mayor. Recognizing the gravity of the present crisis and the possibility that trouble may develop through a misunderstanding of American rules and practices by those of foreign birth who have not been long resident in America, I have decided to issue this notice of explanation and assurance to foreign-born residents in Philadephia who have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States ... Thomas B. Smith.
Item Title Proclamation of the Mayor. Recognizing the gravity of the present crisis and the possibility that trouble may develop through a misunderstanding of American rules and practices by those of foreign birth who have not been long resident in America, I have decided to issue this notice of explanation and assurance to foreign-born residents in Philadephia who have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States ... Thomas B. Smith.
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor (1917 : Thomas B. Smith)
Date Created 1917
Description Text in ten languages.
Subject(s) United States World War, 1914-1918 Foreign population Aliens Philadelphia (Pa.) Americanization Social aspects
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4751
Record Number XX343.28458
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.