Jon Cole Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The pictures were taken in and around Boston, Massachusetts by Leslie Jones, who was staff photographer at the Boston-Herald Traveler newspaper from 1917 to 1956. Mr. Jones captured everything that happened in the city for five decades and when he died in 1967, his family donated a vast collection of 34,000 prints to the Boston Public Library. They included these fascinating photos of vintage car wrecks from the great motoring boom. Motor cars became affordable to the masses for the first time in the 1920's. By the end of the decade a Model T Ford cost $298, just a fraction of the $1,200 it cost in 1909. Local businessman Byron Harwood and Byron Grover were hurt when their car collided with a bus in Waltham, Mass. in 1921. They were lucky to survive this nasty looking wreck. Their car certainly didn't A truck collideded with a bus and flipped over in south Boston, stopping just before it smashed into a cafeteria storefront Another view of the same accident shows eager children posing with the upturned truck. it also demonstrates how close the vehicles came to nearby buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Love the bus from the first photo, that would be a neat project.The second photo is a great shot for detailing the underside, luckily you don't find too many in that condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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