San Francisco Fire Department by John Garvey

Author:John Garvey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Safety symbols are raised at Union Square. The white flag symbolized that San Francisco went for a 24-hour period without a traffic death. It was taken down anytime there was a fatal traffic accident, and a black flag would be raised. Shown above are a white flag in 1944 with the words “Keep the White Flag Flying” and a black flag in 1936 with the words “Another Traffic Death.” In the modern view of an accident site below, an anonymous person has spray-painted the outline of a body, the date, and the cause of death. (Above photo courtesy San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library; below, courtesy author.)

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