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New York City Noise Abatement Committee Poster

A 1930s poster from New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s anti-noise campaigns, urging “Quiet, Please!” and reflecting early efforts to treat urban noise as a public concern.

National Noise Abatement Council

Noise Abatement Week poster, June 1–7, 1941. Distributed to more than 200 cities by the National Noise Abatement Council.

Citizens for a Quieter City, Inc.

Quiet Week poster, May 7–13, 1972. Project Quiet City campaign imagery promoting urban noise reduction.

“Does your food keep you up at night?” poster, early 1970s. Public-awareness campaign linking neighborhood noise to everyday quality-of-life impacts. Project Quiet City, New York City.

“Join the Ear Force” poster, early 1970s. Recruitment poster for Project Quiet City’s Noise Abatement Corps, encouraging citizen participation in noise enforcement and education.

Robert Alex Baron, 1969. Founder of Citizens for a Quieter City and author of The Tyranny of Noise. Photo: Sy Friedman.

Council on the Environment of New York City

Public awareness poster on noise pollution.

MTA advertisement on noise pollution, produced by CENYC.

Mad Magazine

“Life’s Modern Day Pleasures” Issue 342, Jan-Feb 1996.

“Re-Naming Everyday Gadgets to Reflect their Actual Purpose” Issue 339, Sep 1995.

“The Worst MTV Contests of all Time” Issue 348, Aug 1996.

“Other Interesting Infinity Combinations” Issue 336, Jun 1995.

“Consumer Fantasy vs. Product Reality” Issue 308, Jan 1992.

“The Lighter Side Of…” Issue 308, Jan 1992.

Noise (Film)

Noise premiered in 2007, written and directed by Henry Bean.