DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Hide Your Smile
NameHatch Show Print, Letterpress Print
CultureAmerican
Date2020
Place madeNashville, TENNESEE, United States, North America
MediumPaper, ink; letter press print
Dimensions21 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (55 × 34.25 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase, MNM Collection, A.2022.31.1
Object numberA.2022.31.1
Collections
his mouth and nose, the poster evokes the American cowboy, an icon of independence and masculinity. For this letterpress poster, designer-printer Heather Moulder reused and adapted a 1939 print block created for the movie Jesse James, starring Tyrone Power, and added the timely slogan.