Cross only at corners: wise parents set a good example
A mother in coat and hat walks a young girl across a street at a corner while a yellow car passes behind. The line 'Wise parents set a good example' puts the safety rule as a parental duty, a social-norm appeal built on an ordinary family scene.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Automobile Association (Pedestrian Poster No. 9)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
American Automobile Association (Pedestrian Poster No. 9). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-617 (NAID 514095).
Text on the object
CROSS only at CORNERS WISE parents set a good example Pedestrian Poster No. 9 © American Automobile Association AAA COOPERATION FOR PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION AND CONVENIENCE
