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Pushing Wrecked Car
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Otto Bosshard standing in the background watching motorcycle patrolman Calbert James Sparks and a spectator push his wrecked car off a safety island at the corner of N. Mills Street and University Avenue.
September 3, 1931
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Wrecked Safety Island
December 17, 1931
Wrecked pedestrian safety island, University Avenue and Francis Street, struck by the Rev. George E. Hunt.
Wrecked Auburn Phaeton Car
July 8, 1932
Wrecked Auburn Phaeton car indoors at Badger Motors garage, 1501 Monroe Street.
Safety Zone on W. Mifflin Street
January 6, 1931
A man stands at a safety zone in the middle of West Mifflin Street between lanes of traffic at the corner of State Street and N. Carroll Street, waiting to board a streetcar.
Wrecked Buick Sedan
March 30, 1931
Wrecked Buick sedan at Hansen Auto Body Co., 113-123 S. Blair Street.
Policeman Directing Traffic
July 17, 1931
View of a policeman standing in the street and directing traffic on State Street. Moving cars are in the background.
Wrecked Car
June 29, 1937
Three-quarter view from front left towards a wrecked Chevrolet car with Illinois license plate.
