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Automobile accident – Antique Print

Automobile accident, c1930 May 17. — historic photograph
Automobile accident, c1930 May 17.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The catalog's subject terms, including tow trucks, towing, and traffic accidents, point to a wrecked automobile being hauled away around May 17, 1930, though that date comes from an unverified caption card. The print was copyrighted by Van Auken Ragland, Inc., a Chicago firm, and its record does not identify the exact location. By the early 1930s, automobiles had become common on American roads, and crashes and towing were a growing part of everyday life, which makes this kind of commercial photograph a useful record of that period.

Created / publishedc1930 May 17.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsJ710 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Van Auken Ragland, Inc., Chicago, Ill. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Traffic accidents; Tow trukcs and towing; Geogr.; Automobiles--Accidents; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,233 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144534

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