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Frank Lloyd Wright — Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L29 Cord Phaeton automobile and an overturned Choles Floral Company delivery truck, driven by Frost Choles, at an accident scene ...
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Traffic Accident

Date: 10 12 1934
Description: 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 ...
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Traffic Accident

Date: 10 12 1934
Description: 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 i...
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Wrecked Frank Fruit Co. Truck

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: A Frank Fruit Co. truck sits in a garage after a traffic accident that destroyed the front end of the vehicle.
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Burned Out Gateway Truck

Date: 02 22 1942
Description: Burned out cab of a Gateway truck in a repair shop.
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Accident Scene at Femrites' Corner

Date: 1941
Description: Accident scene at Femrites' Corner taken from Highway 51 (Monona Drive) looking south to the intersection with Highway 12 & 18.
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Truck Wreck

Date: 06 22 1935
Description: 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 cro...
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Frank Lloyd Wright - Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L-29 Cord Phaeton automobile and an overturned Choles Floral Company delivery truck, driven by Frost Choles, at an accident scene...
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Frank Lloyd Wright - Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Long distance view looking south, of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L-29 Cord Phaeton automobile and an overturned Choles Floral Company delivery truck, driven ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright - Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L-29 Cord Phaeton automobile and front end view of overturned Choles Floral Company truck at an accident scene at Lakeview north ...
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Wrecked Oakland Sedan

Date: 10 29 1932
Description: View from front of a wrecked Oakland Sedan. There is a tow truck and houses in the background.
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Policeman at Fair Oaks Avenue Accident

Date: 06 30 1931
Description: Policeman and another man (possibly Aldro Wasley) on Fair Oaks Avenue at scene of automobile accident. There is a University Floral Co. truck in background...
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Men looking at a crushed Wisconsin Telephone Company truck as the result of an accident with the Milwaukee Road passenger train locomotive.
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Damaged University Floral Company Truck

Date: 11 04 1927
Description: Damaged University Floral Company truck in the street across from Alban Ehrman Grocery Store, 716 University Avenue and Madison Bedding Company, 714 Univer...
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Wrecked Ford Truck

Date: 05 20 1946
Description: Wrecked American Home Foods Inc. home delivery truck. Clapps Baby Foods.
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Findorff Cement Truck at Accident Scene

Date: 10 19 1946
Description: Accident scene involving a Findorff cement truck and a Studebaker coupe automobile in a head-on crash on Highway 12/18 (East Broadway Street) near the Roya...
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Verona Road Accident Scene

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Verona Road, Blizzard Boy accident scene; three-forth view of Vern Harrison Trucking truck, showing blood stain on mud flap on the left side of the truck. ...
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Damaged Ford Truck

Date: 01 06 1949
Description: Damaged Ford truck, owned by Kieth Wells general trucking Cazenovia Wis., detail showing the front view. Taken at O.C. Harris auto salvage yard, 1217 East ...
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Truck Accident

Date: 06 24 1971
Description: Accident involving a UPS delivery van and a semitrailer in downtown Milwaukee. Four men, including the driver who is holding his head, were injured.
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Scene of Traffic Accident near Alma's Inn

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Scene of traffic accident in front of Alma's Inn, 5068 Highway 12-13. Injured in the accident were five men en route to work at the Badger Ordnance Works a...

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