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Findorff Cement Truck at Accident Scene
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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 Royal Airport. Close-up of the cement truck overturned on the side of the highway. The occupants of the car were from the Milwaukee area. The driver of the truck was Phillip Crossen, 820 West Dayton Street.
October 19, 1946
Stein, George H., 1913-2004
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Wrecked Studebaker at Accident Scene
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1941
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Verona Road Accident Scene
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Accident Scene at Femrites' Corner
1941
Accident scene at Femrites' Corner, taken from Highway 12 & 18 looking west past Highway 51 (Monona Drive).
Highway Accident Scene
June 3, 1940
Accident scene on Highway 51, about 6 miles southeast of Stoughton. Damaged Ford is in foreground and Pontiac in background.
