Photo Record
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Metadata
Object |
Negative, Glass plate |
Photographer |
White, Wills Thomas |
Date |
1916 |
Location |
Vermont, Bennington, North Bennington Road |
Description |
Automobile with smashed front end on unpaved road. Front view of car, Vermont license plate 9859. Car identified as a 1915 or 1916 Maxwell. Utility poles and train tracks on right, fields on either side of road. This appears to be the remains of an accident that took place on the Bennington Flats July 21, 1916 when an Oldsmobile from the William S. Gibbes Garage driven by Thomas Brazil collided with a Maxwell owned and driven by Harley Dyer of Shaftsbury Hollow. |
Information |
This appears to be the remains of an accident that took place on the Bennington Flats July 21, 1916. A front page article in the Bennington Banner July 22, 1916 reported that an Oldsmobile from the William S. Gibbes Garage driven by Thomas Brazil collided with a Maxwell owned and driven by Harley Dyer of Shaftsbury Hollow. "When the cars came together the Maxwell went out toward the ditch with both front wheels collapsed and the forward axle badly twisted, so much so that the car was cramped at an angle." This description seems to match the condition of the car in these photographs. |
Related People |
White, Wills Thomas Dyer, Harley |
Credit line |
Weichert-Isselhardt Collection, Gift of Tordis llg Isselhardt and Museum Purchase |
Catalog Number |
2015.6.144 |