I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark

I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark Ice Breakers Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Ice Breakers
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Text on Button I'm Afraid TO GO HOME IN THE DARK
Image Description Black text on a white background with a red and white checkered ring around the outside
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
Additional Information

Why are we afraid of the dark? Whether of not there is a definitive answer, it's true that there have been many light bringers in human history. The invention of street lamps, for example, made city streets visible in the night.
Sources

Cartoon about public reaction to the installation of the first gas streetlights in London 1807-1808... [Photograph]. (2003). J. R. Farr (Ed.), World Eras (Vol. 9). Gale. https://link-gale-com.ezproxy3.library.arizona.edu/apps/doc/PC303548711…
Catalog ID IB0786