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Traffic Accident
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Automobile and truck crash at the corner of Milton and West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Houses in the 600 block of Milton Street are in the background.
October 12, 1934
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Traffic Accident
October 12, 1934
Automobile and truck accident at the corner of Milton Street and West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. A crowd has gathered to observe the damage.
Train-Car Crash Scene
March 5, 1933
Train-car crash scene. Shows demolished automobile and large group of onlookers at Milwaukee Road, Fair Oaks railroad crossing. The driver, Miss Lena Schmidt was killed.
Automobile Accident
August 10, 1930
A crowd of people gathered at an accident between a Hooper truck and a Willys-Knight automobile at a safety island at University Avenue and Murray Street.
Crowd at Accident Scene
March 23, 1934
Crowd standing on the Thornton Avenue bank of the Yahara River at the Milwaukee Road railroad bridge looking at a car-train accident scene where Mrs. Clark Frothingham was killed.
Crowd at Accident Scene
March 23, 1934
Crowd standing on the Thornton Avenue bank of the Yahara River at the Milwaukee Road railroad bridge looking at a car-train accident scene where Mrs. Clark Frothingham was killed.
Truck Wreck
June 22, 1935
A crowd of people viewing the remains of a Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train, near the Brittingham Park crossing, in the Greenbush neighborhood. Thom...
