Stopping Street Accidents: A History of New York City's Bureau of Public Safety
New York: Bureau of Public Safety, 1925. Item #015552
An analysis by Collier, "Special Deputy Police Commissioner" and Head of the Bureau of Public Safety, an automobile-oriented anti-pedestrian entity of the NYPD with a plan that reduces the numbers of injuries and deaths suffered in street "accidents" every year. thirty-five pages devoted to the Bureau's huge Safety Parade with floats and bands marching in the streets to remind people not to walk in the streets. With ads featuring Auntie J. Walker advising people to stay out of the streets. Of the 1,045 traffic deaths in 1924, 850 were declared the pedestrian's fault--for jay-walking, riding a bike on the road, working in the road, etc. INSCRIBED by Collier. First edition. 23 cm; 145 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Foxing to prelims; else a very good copy in wrappers.
Price: $85.00