NRA Blue Eagle Poster
ca. 1934
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This NRA (National Recovery Administration) blue eagle poster was displayed by businesses during the New Deal to show support for the government program.
President Franklin Roosevelt established the NRA by executive order on June 16, 1933. Its goal was to administer provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of 1933, specifically, to develop and administer an industrial code system that would exert controls over industrial pricing, production, trade practices, and labor relations, thereby promoting economic recovery during the Great Depression.
On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter v. United States, declaring NIRA's code system an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and an unconstitutional attempt by the Federal Government to regulate interstate commerce. The NRA was reorganized on June 15, 1935, to fulfill a new role as promoter of industrial cooperation, and to enable it to produce a series of economic studies. It was abolished in 1936, when its functions were designated to the Department of Commerce.
This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs.
National Archives Identifier:
195507Full Citation: Photograph PHOCO-A-7163; NRA Blue Eagle Poster; ca. 1934; Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/nra-blue-eagle, May 4, 2024]