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
Collection Title
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
Height: undefined in
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