Knight of Safer Highways
Date1965
Mediumcast iron and wire
Dimensions26 x 12 x 4 in. (66 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number1988.2.341
DescriptionThis is a cast iron knight in armor with a wire hanger on the back. The armor plate - shield - reads "HOWARD PYLE, ESQ., PRESIDENT NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL HAS BEEN DUBBED A KNIGHT OF SAFER HIGHWAYS THIS HONOR HAVING BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM FOR HIS MERIT OF VALOR AS A CRUSADER AND DEFENDER OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CBS NATIONAL DRIVERS TEST DOCUMENTARY WHICH ATTRACTED UNTOLD MILLIONS OF VIEWERS." Assoc. of State and Provincial Safety Coordinators, 1965Status
Not on view
1959-1974
