Three women with a 'constipated' car, USA?, ~1926

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Three women with a 'constipated' car, USA?, ~1926
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“We can’t give women the vote! They’ll run amok!”

Women running amok:

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Interesting that number plates were already a thing back then.

Apparently quite a bit earlier even:

France was the first country to introduce the registration plate with the enactment of the Paris Police Ordinance on 14 August 1893, followed by Germany in 1896.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate#History

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Was this from the States? Because something related to Prohibition upon alcohol would be my guess. 1920-1933 in the States.

Could also be something about womens’ rights?

EDIT: “!” to “?.” Not sure why I did that.

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The banner is wordplay regarding “passed” being able to mean “overtaken on the road” or “defecation”

They’re saying this car slow af (or traffic is bad) XD

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I’m pretty sure it’s about being slow, haha.

I’ve seen this bper sticker in recent years, awesome to see it has such a long history!

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I read the banner as: This car is less polluting than a horse.

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Nome of the above - it’s pretty clearly about being slow.

Not sure where you got any of those ideas from.

Also, these gals would’ve been pretty well off to even afford that car - definitely not the average person.

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“Passed” in this context isn’t always intuitive to some English speakers.

We Americans are the heirs of a speed demon culture 💪

Daily reminder that President Grant was arrested and fined (by a Black cop, no less) for speeding in a dangerous fashion with a horse-drawn carriage. I salute both men o7

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@JohnnyEnzyme
Looks like a c1920 (Missouri or New York?) license plate (which matches the ladies' fashion).
#cars #1920s #fashion #flappers

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