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Map Your Course in Advance, Stick to It, Cross Only at Corners, 1943 US poster: Pedestrian-safety poster in two panels

Map Your Course in Advance, Stick to It, Cross Only at Corners

Pedestrian-safety poster in two panels: a naval officer in a peaked cap marks a chart at a table, and below a street map shows a dotted red route that turns at corners. The tell is transfer: the officer's course-plotting is set beside the instruction to cross only at corners, so a navy figure's authority is lent to a road-safety rule.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1943
Period
Second World War
Made by
American Automobile Association, Traffic Engineering & Safety Dept. ("Victory Heroes" series)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
NGO
Regime
Roosevelt Administration
Leader
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
Home front, War and the military
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
Held by NARA, Unrestricted; private-association issue, hosted by owner decision
American Automobile Association. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-618 (NAID 514096).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

MAP
YOUR COURSE
IN ADVANCE
STICK TO IT
CROSS
ONLY AT
CORNERS
[imprint: AAA emblem, copyright symbol]
S. S. P. No. 147
Copyright 1943
American Automobile Association
Traffic Engineering & Safety Dept.
"VICTORY HEROES" SERIES
Accidents Are Avoidable
Alertness Avoids Accidents

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