Mangled Automobile on Railroad Tracks
PhotographerPhotographed by
William G. Dudley
American, 1877 - 1934
Date1916-1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA badly smashed automobile is positioned immediately adjacent to railroad tracks. Very little of the exterior body of the car is visible; the chassis of the car is almost fully exposed, and it has been bent. In the background is a train locomotive on another track and a four-story brick building. Also in the background is a one-story frame building with this sign on it: "H. WHITE & CO. HAY, STRAW, GRAIN, AND FEED."
Object number1995.36.1508
NotesSubject Note: A 1923 article in the Hartford Courant describes how a gang of boys placed the chassis of an automobile on the railroad tracks in New Britain, Connecticut. A locomotive collided with chassis and carried it for half a mile. This photograph could relate to that incident; collisions between automobiles and railroad trains were fairly frequent in the 1910s and 1920s, but this photograph appears to show a stripped down chassis, not a complete car.On View
Not on view
W. F. Miller & Co.
about 1910
