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    Posted 1 year ago

    Falcon61
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    Early "Slow Children Playing" Steel Embossed Sign
    Heavy gauge steel 24" X 18"
    Nice Graphics on this old sign.
    The last pic shows a comparison to a more modern aluminum caution sign which is 30" X 30"
    Riddle me this.....
    Why did modern signs loose hands and feet and gain bowling ball heads? And look..... no hats!

    Thanks Much for Looking!

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      https://www.degemmill.com/history-traffic-signs/
    2. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 1 year ago
      Good thing it doesn’t say dimwitted children
      it only says slow children :)
    3. fortapache fortapache, 1 year ago
      Yes the old signs are much classier.
    4. elanski elanski, 1 year ago
      "slow children playing"

      Well if they moved a bit faster perhaps they wouldn't get run over
    5. Falcon61, 1 year ago
      Thank You dav2n01, Vinul33rpm, fortapache, and elanski for taking the time to comment on my post! :)
      @ dav2no1.... a very informative link about signs.... Thanks!
      @ Vynil33rpm.... yes... the sign designers were very careful about using the correct wording to leave the driver not questioning the intent of the message.... :)
      @fortapache.... I concur! :)
      @elanski..... perhaps....perhaps.... :)
    6. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 1 year ago
      Don’t get me wrong ,, the graphics are 100 times better on the early sign
    7. Falcon61, 1 year ago
      @ Vynil33rpm.... no wrongness taken :)
      BTW.... growing up on a farm...there was no need for these signs in our area - we youngins' were always working :)
    8. yougottahavestuff yougottahavestuff, 1 year ago
      In a town near me year's ago the SLOW CHILDREN PLAYING SIGNS had SLOW in the sign blacked out. I guess someone complained it may be taken to mean special needs children?? Don't see that kind of sign anymore.
      Stuff

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