File:Wrecked streetcar No 24, Seattle, June 30, 1919 (MOHAI 5462).jpg

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English: Wrecked streetcar No. 24, Seattle, June 30, 1919   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Wrecked streetcar No. 24, Seattle, June 30, 1919
Description
English: On June 30, 1919, the Taylor Avenue streetcar's air brakes failed on Queen Anne Hill. The motorman tried using the hand brakes, but couldn't stop the car. It jumped its track at the Aloha Street curve, and shot across the street. It then crashed through a pile of heavy lumber and finally stopped in a bank of earth near a house.

This 1919 photo shows the wrecked Taylor Street streetcar after its wild ride down Queen Anne Hill. Luckily, the car didn't turn over, and its riders had only minor injuries.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Crowds; Street railroad accidents; Disasters
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date Taken on 30 June 1919
Medium
English: 1 negative: glass, b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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