It featured photos Baldwin had taken of their numerous cats, and told the story of Wiki, a lost kitten who gets adopted by a mother cat who already has two kittens of her own. I can’t say that looking at that startled cat hanging from a branch has ever stirred much inspiration inside of me, although that may be because in my mind the cat looks like its about to fall. Keep Going; 100 Reasons To Stay Alive is available in crewneck t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies ranging from sizes XS-5XL. Many of us are familiar with a poster depicting a cat hanging from some kind of branch with the words ‘Hang In There, Baby,’ or something to that effect, printed beside it. I was thinking: wouldn’t it be neat to paint a reproduction of a famous artwork, and then stick your head through a hole in the canvas?

For a time, dozens of versions were available, using photographs or images of different cats – including at least one " blacklight" version – all with some variation of the "hang in there, baby" text. In the bimago collection, you will see pictures and paintings, but also funny graphics and well-known motifs, such as hang in there cat poster. Dickenson, Republican from Alabama, and Samuel Devine, Republican from Ohio, presented him with a "Hang in There, Baby" poster signed by 100 members of Congress as a token of encouragement and support. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Copies were also presented to Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon, signed by fellow members of congress as a show of support during their scandals. Over ten million cats, hanging from ten million poles, or branches, or bits of rope, all of them telling us to hang in there. But he was also a lover of animals, so he didn’t limit himself to taking photos of just our species. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

The original poster was one of the earliest motivational posters, and is now considered collectible, often selling for many times its original value. By the time the poster's initial popularity had waned, Baldwin estimated over 10 million unauthorized versions and direct copies of the poster had been made.

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Sassy, who has the fictional name Wiki in the book, is a lost kitten adopted by a mother cat with two kittens of her own. And that’s why the final motivational message we want to give you is this; It‘s your workplace – go wild!In 1999, The Onion [3] posted a headline declaring the cat had died after hanging on the branch for 17 years. When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, these workplace motivational posters largely disappeared. He also worked as animal portraiture and photo editor for Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy magazines, which I think deserve their own reviews one day as not only were they spectacularly titled magazines but also have their own rich history. The postcard-size motivations were sold on a subscription basis to companies from a printing house in Chicago, the Mather Company. With these cards, employers could encourage their teams to stop gossiping (“Movers-up discourage idle talk”), celebrate the new year by welcoming a fresh start (“good-by grouches, good-by bad habits,”), and remember important things (“Always carrying out instructions invites more important duties; forgetting makes poor records”).

If you’re of a certain age, there’s almost no doubt you’ve seen an image like this tacked up on the ceiling at your dentist office, or hanging on the wall at the doctor. People were drawn to the poster's inspirational message and wrote Baldwin describing how it helped them get through surgeries, accidents, and other tough periods in life.Baldwin held the copyright to the original photograph since March 1, 1970, and to the poster with text since December 7, 1971. Motivational and decorative posters give us deeper insights into the messages of numerous artists, thinkers and pioneers in a simple, stylish or entertaining way. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.