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Fender-Bender: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 5:33am.
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1920. "Autowreck, Sixth and H Streets NW." Tree meets T in Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Hand gesture
Submitted by Scott Pitzer on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 9:10pm.
"Shoulda stopped THIS much sooner."
Tree!
Submitted by Julian on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:26pm.
That tree might still be standing there today.
The tree did it
Submitted by gouda on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 4:44pm.
He's saying to the guy on the very left edge of the photo that he was driving along minding his own business when the tree jumped in front of the car.
[I'm sure everyone has noticed by now that this is a delivery van, not a car. - Dave]
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