Photograph
Car Falls in Midvale Drainage Ditch

Winter scene with garagemen retrieving another car from the open drainage ditch on Midvale Boulevard. The 1959 Dodge skidded into a snowbank and catapulted 12 feet in the air, landing upside down in the ditch. Occupants were treated at a local hospital. Sign in background announces 1958 Parade of Homes in the University Hill Farms neighborhood. |
Image ID: | 101166 |
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Creation Date: | 02 25 1959 |
Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 6442.7204 |
Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on February 26, 1959. 1 of 5 images. |
Automobiles |
Roads |
Traffic accidents |
Snow |
Men |
Clothing and dress |
Neighborhoods |
Outdoor photography |
Trees |
Billboards |
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