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Traffic signs and signals

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Road signs; Roads--Signs; Roads--Traffic signs; Roadside traffic signs; Traffic control devices; Traffic signaling; Transportation, Automotive--Traffic control

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Patent information, 1926

 File — Box 01: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228584], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS068.01.10
Scope and Contents

Various copies of the patents for Vetabelle's different traffic signs and signals.

Dates: 1926

Realia, 1926

 Series — Box 04: Series MSS068:02 [Barcode: 35138008228618]
Identifier: MSS068:02
Scope and Contents

Prototype of stoplight.

Dates: 1926

Signal publicity, 1927

 File — Box 01: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228584], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS068.01.05
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Sunset magazine which features an article about Vetabelle and her traffic signal inventions, two copies of the California Journal of Development which talks about the Motor Vehicle Act and the impact it has on drivers. Also included is a letter from Vetabelle to her mother.

Dates: 1927

Signal specifications

 File — Box 03: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228600], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS068.01.04

Teaching certifications and contracts, 1911-1915

 File — Box 01: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228584], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS068.01.17
Scope and Contents

More materials relating to Vetabelle's teaching career, including certifications, more letters or recomendation, teaching contracts, and other related documents.

Dates: 1911-1915

Teaching materials, bulk: 1912-1929

 File — Box 01: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228584], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS068.01.16
Scope and Contents

Materials relating to Vetabelle's teaching career including letters of recomendation, written job offers, and other documents.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1912-1929

The American City, 1927

 File — Box 02: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228592], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS068.01.19
Scope and Contents

2 issues of The American City magazine which includes various articles about industrial aspects of differnet cities, including projects being proposed and built, streets and traffic signals, and many other manufactured parts.

Dates: 1927

The American City, 1927

 File — Box 02: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228592], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS068.01.20
Scope and Contents

2 issues of The American City magazine which includes various articles about industrial aspects of differnet cities, including projects being proposed and built, streets and traffic signals, and many other manufactured parts.

Dates: 1927

Traffic information, 1996

 File — Box 01: Series MSS068:01 [Barcode: 35138008228584], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS068.01.12
Scope and Contents

Various pamphlets, booklets, and articles talking about different traffic information, including different traffic signals and their purposes, questions about traffic saftey, different school and public saftey posters, and many other saftey information. Also included is an article talking about Vetabelle and her contributions to traffic saftey.

Dates: 1996

Traffic light, 1926

 File — Box 04: Series MSS068:02 [Barcode: 35138008228618], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS068:02.02
Scope and Contents

Prototype of stoplight. On display in the Reading Room.

Dates: 1926