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Cab after Traffic Accident
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A City Car Company cab on its roof after a collision with a bus at the corner of Mills and Regent Streets. The car skidded 42 feet from the point of impact injuring four passengers.
August 27, 1946
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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