Lead paint is the stuff of nightmares when it comes to buying a home and raising children. Flakes of paint to be inhaled or ingested, it’s unsettling. But lead’s importance in society, and the arts especially, may surprise you.
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In the 1930’s, a doctor by the name of Frank Cyr wanted to implement standards for school transportation. During this period, the end of the great depression, kids were brought into school by all sorts of vehicles, including wagons, trucks, and buses. Cyr wanted to incorporate a standard color that improved visibility of these vehicles there by differentiating them from other traffic.
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