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| Title: | Cross Crossings Cautiously |
| Keywords: | Memphis (Tenn.);Postcards);Images;Trains |
| Issue Date: | 1924 |
| Series/Report no.: | Rhodes College Postcard Collection |
| Abstract: | This is a postcard which cautions automobile drivers to wait for trains to go by before crossing the tracks. It has a postmark of 1924. Around 1922, an intense campaign to reduce the growing rate of fatalities at railroad crossing was created by the American Railway Association and was endorsed by President Waring Harding on May 25, 1922. See: New York Times, May 26, 1922. |
| Description: | This 3x5 postcard was printed by the Sales Printing Corporation New York. It has a divided back with a message, address, stamp and postmark. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10267/239 |
| Appears in Collections: | Rhodes College Postcard Collection |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
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| Postcard_Memphis_TN_ Train crossing_00 1.tif | 16.11 MB | TIFF | View/Open | |
| Postcard_Memphis_TN_Train crossing_001.jpg | 1.13 MB | JPEG |  View/Open |
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