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- "Ford's Chief Test Driver, Al Esper, Tells Eddie to Heed the School Safety Patrol," September 1949 - Al Esper joined Ford Motor Company in 1917. He worked in automotive and aircraft engineering, and he helped develop the company's first wind tunnels. By the late 1940s, he was Ford's top test driver. Esper appeared in a series of comic-strip-like advertisements that encouraged safe driving habits and promoted Ford's safety-related engineering efforts.
- September 01, 1949
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"Ford's Chief Test Driver, Al Esper, Tells Eddie to Heed the School Safety Patrol," September 1949
Al Esper joined Ford Motor Company in 1917. He worked in automotive and aircraft engineering, and he helped develop the company's first wind tunnels. By the late 1940s, he was Ford's top test driver. Esper appeared in a series of comic-strip-like advertisements that encouraged safe driving habits and promoted Ford's safety-related engineering efforts.
- Detroit Police Officer Anthony Hosang Talks with Safety Patrol Students on a Tour of the Ford Rouge Plant, May 10, 1950 - Members of Detroit's Houghton School safety patrol listen attentively to traffic safety officer Anthony Hosang. The patrollers are being treated to a tour of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant -- a reward for their dedicated efforts to keep their classmates safe while traveling to and from school each day.
- May 10, 1950
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Detroit Police Officer Anthony Hosang Talks with Safety Patrol Students on a Tour of the Ford Rouge Plant, May 10, 1950
Members of Detroit's Houghton School safety patrol listen attentively to traffic safety officer Anthony Hosang. The patrollers are being treated to a tour of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant -- a reward for their dedicated efforts to keep their classmates safe while traveling to and from school each day.
- Music Sheet, "The Official Song of the Safety Patrol," 1937 - In 1937, Lucille Oldham wrote this song about the duties of the American Automobile Association's (AAA) Safety Patrol. AAA had launched the Safety Patrol program in 1920 to protect school children from traffic dangers. School-aged patrollers, under adult supervision, wear belts and badges and continue to help their classmates make it safely to school.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Music Sheet, "The Official Song of the Safety Patrol," 1937
In 1937, Lucille Oldham wrote this song about the duties of the American Automobile Association's (AAA) Safety Patrol. AAA had launched the Safety Patrol program in 1920 to protect school children from traffic dangers. School-aged patrollers, under adult supervision, wear belts and badges and continue to help their classmates make it safely to school.