Photo, Print, Drawing Bird Ben Franklin - Courage.


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Title
Bird Ben Franklin - Courage.
Summary
""Clean your dryer lint filter periodically" is a great example of the kind of safety messaging CPSC has distributed to the public since the founding of the agency. An important message, but very straightforward and unfortunately not very interesting. It's the kind of message that needs a great messenger. Bird Ben Franklin is that messenger. But what is Bird Ben Franklin's origin story? Very glad you asked. Following his successful electricity experiments Ben Franklin invented a time machine and jumped forward in history to 1860. The thing was, when he got there, he was a bird. Through a series of hilarious circumstances he befriended Abraham Lincoln who gifted Ben a tiny top hat as a token of their friendship. Ben has yet to return to his own time, and is still a bird. He has since founded the Birds for Human Safety Consortium with Handsome Ron, Stacy!, and Reggy the Wise.". Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor Names
Galbo, Joseph.
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Created / Published
Bethesda, M.D. : U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2018-08-30.
Subject Headings
-  appliance safety
-  fire safety
-  home safety
Notes
-  "Social Media Specialist: Joseph Galbo; Approved by Director of Communications, Joseph "Joe" Martyak Deputy Director of Communications, Patty Davis; CPSC Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle"
-  Transcription of text from image: Have courage and a clean dryer lint filter. Bird ben franklin
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1 meme : digital, PNG file, color
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https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdclccn.2019666991
Library of Congress Control Number
2019666991
Online Format
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2019666991
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Galbo, Joseph, and United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Bird Ben Franklin - Courage. , 2018. Bethesda, M.D.: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, -08-30. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019666991/.

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Galbo, J. & United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. (2018) Bird Ben Franklin - Courage. , 2018. Bethesda, M.D.: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, -08-30. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019666991/.

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Galbo, Joseph, and United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Bird Ben Franklin - Courage. Bethesda, M.D.: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, -08-30. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019666991/>.

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