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Elevated Car Falls to Street (LOC)

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Elevated Car Falls to Street

1914 Feb. 16 (date created or published later by Bain)

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows a street car hurled from an elevated track onto a pile of snow at Eighth Ave. and 138th Street, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15425

Call Number: LC-B2- 2985-15

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    Itinerant Wanderer added this photo to his favorites. (27 months ago)

  2. swanq (27 months ago | reply)

    NYT of Feb 17, 1914
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E 7DF163AE633A...
    reports, "A car was hurled from the elevated structure at Eighth Avenue and 138th Street at 7:30 o'clock last night. It swung in mid-air, suspended by the coupling, which attached it to the five other cars of the train. In his seat in the forward end was the motorman, John H. Becker of 338 Dill Place, Evergreen, Long Island, and a snow pile saved him." The train was empty apart from the driver.

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    maru teru added this photo to his favorites. (27 months ago)

  4. Ryan (LOC P&P) (27 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for the link, swanq. What a ride that must have been! We'll add the additional information the next time we update the record.

  5. This photo was invited and added to the Tram accidents group.

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    Gene Bowker added this photo to his favorites. (21 months ago)

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