Slow + Stop! c 1940s Much Used Handmade Wooden Crossing Guard Sign auman pottery very often haunted by a

very often haunted by a sense of melancholy or bittersweetness as I think is the case here

8 1/16" x 6 5/8"

5 7/8 d x 3 1/8” t and in very good antique condition

but in case not evident there is a sort of carved bolt that extends from one of the architectural cages to the next

who I take for a Brooklyn Dodger

Slow + Stop! c 1940s Much Used Handmade Wooden Crossing Guard Sign auman pottery very often haunted by aI found this one in Southern Maine and doubt it has travelled very far. Both the SLOW and the the STOP were hand painted; the former carefully stenciled and the latter obviously not as if stopping were an afterthought, or the red painted octagon didn't adequately communicate stop on its own! I am partial to the SLOW side myself, believing it a useful instruction and reminder applicable to most everything, but it occurred to me the STOP sign might be a