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You Wouldn’t Have Your Child Be a Jaywalker: Don’t Be One Yourself

  • Published January 23, 2012
Streetcar decorated with safety slogans (1922)
This century-old safety slogan is still relevant today. Read on to find out why you shouldn't be a jaywalker and why this old photograph from the Library of Congress archives is so amusing.
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Here’s a cool old photograph I found sifting through the Library of Congress archives. I find this one amusing:

You wouldn’t have your child a jay walker.
Don’t be one yourself.

Still very applicable today. This city has an epidemic of jaywalking (on occasion I’m included in this group).

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Streetcar decorated with safety slogans (1922)
Streetcar decorated with safety slogans (1922)

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