COLLECTION NAME:
Ward Morgan Collection
Record
Identifier:
116-10.tif
Title:
Crowd around an automobile and train car accident on the railroad tracks, overhead view
Date:
1939-06-24
Description:
Crowd surrounding an automobile that crashed into west bound freight train at the Michigan Central Railroad tracks on North Rose Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. View from the top of the train car. Accident resulted in the deaths of Rose Mary Martin and Gladys Wilkins. Photograph published in the Kalamazoo Gazette, June 24, 1939 issue.
Client:
Kalamazoo Gazette
Photographer:
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1930 - 1939
Subject:
Traffic accidents
Subject:
Railroad accidents
Subject:
Automobiles
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Keywords:
Negatives; Crowds; Hats
Language:
eng
Source:
116-10, Ward Morgan Collection, A-1755, B & W, 4"x 5" negative
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Still Image
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
Relation:
11 total photos in event 116
Digitization Date:
2003
Format:
image/tiff
Crowd around an automobile and train car accident on the railroad tracks, overhead view
