Warning! Drive Carefully! Look Out for School Children!, 1940-1942

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Artifact Overview

Automobile accidents and fatalities continued to climb in the 1930s. Insurance companies and other safety advocates searched for ways to make driving safer. Employers Mutual of Wausau, Wisconsin, distributed this poster urging motorists to drive carefully and "Look out for school children!" The poster includes the poem Prayer of the Modern Mother by Jessie Wilmore Murton.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Poster

Date Made

1940-1942

Subject Date

1940-1942

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.440.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

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Warning! Drive Carefully! Look Out for School Children!, 1940-1942