Editor’s note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News Archives. John Francis Knott was the editorial cartoonist for The Dallas Morning News from...
from 1912 to 1957. His work appeared next to daily editorials, supplementing the text with evocative imagery.
Composition-wise, the lack of any background information at all, such as buildings or even shadows outside the car, makes this cartoon stand out. The editorial called the number of accidents and traffic fatalities “appalling,” and expressed the need for a stronger driver’s license law. Members of a commission appointed by Gov. James V. Allred concurred, recommending tightening the driver’s license law and strengthening ways to suspend a license.continued to lament the high number of local traffic fatalities. The editorial that accompanied this cartoon called it “a blot on Dallas’ record for a decade.
The editorial that accompanied this cartoon remarked on a downtown curbside parking ban that was scheduled to take effect days later. To speed up traffic, the city of Dallas eliminated all parking on several principal downtown streets from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The editorial dubbed curbside parking obsolete and argued that off-street parking in lots or garages is superior.
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