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To Make the World a Decent Place

SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0057·Poster·1918·United States

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Alt text: To Make the World a Decent Place. Poster, 1918, United States, Herbert Paus American, 1880-1946. — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioHerbert Paus American, 1880-1946

Date1918

Year1918

PlaceUnited States

Object typePoster

ThemeMidcentury modern graphic communication

MovementBauhaus / New Typography first-ingest network

05Source · Citation · Provenance

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Source institution: Art Institute of Chicago API
Original record: To Make the World a Decent Place Open
Access: Captured 2026-07-31 · frozen snapshot at acquisition

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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “To Make the World a Decent Place”, Herbert Paus American, 1880-1946, 1918. United States. Poster. Record SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0057. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0057

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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