Test Car Accident on Wilbur Cross Highway, 1960
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frank Lorenzo
American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by
United Press International
American, founded 1907
Date1960 October 26
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.
Caption: HFP102601-10/26/60-UNION, CONN.: Test driver, Patricia Jones crashes into a multi-flora rose bush median safety barrier on the Wilbur Cross Highway, Route 15, in Union, Conn. Miss Jones in the test conducted by the State Highway Dept. in cooperation with an automobile manufacture (Dodge) hit the barrier on a five degree at 40 mph and was slowed to five mph before passing through the test section. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Caption: HFP102601-10/26/60-UNION, CONN.: Test driver, Patricia Jones crashes into a multi-flora rose bush median safety barrier on the Wilbur Cross Highway, Route 15, in Union, Conn. Miss Jones in the test conducted by the State Highway Dept. in cooperation with an automobile manufacture (Dodge) hit the barrier on a five degree at 40 mph and was slowed to five mph before passing through the test section. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.558
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