Thursday, April 6, 2023 – ALL OVER NEW YORK HE WAS AT MANY AN ACCIDENT SCENE

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

THURSDAY, APRIL 6,  2023


ISSUE  957

VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

PHOTOGRAPHED
BY 

EUGENE DE SELIGNAC

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“DOLLARS FOR DAFFODILS”

UPDATE:
OUR FIRST DONATIONS HAVE ARRIVED 

THANK YOU TO RACHEL MAINES AND GLORIA, MARK HERMAN, CAROLINE CAVALLI, MR. & MRS. RICHARD MEYER,  NANCY BROWN, ARLENE &STEVE BESSENOFF, MARIE EWALD & DAVID DANZIG, BARRY & JUDY SCHNEIDER,  & MICHELLE ROY, ARON EISENPRESIS, TANYA MORRISETT, MATTHIAS ALTWICKER, JUDY CONNORTON, THOM  HEYER, STEPHEN QUANDT, QING XUN, LAWRENCE FEINALTER, ANNE & DAVID CRIPPS, STEVE & RITA MEED  & ANNONYMOUS FOR THEIR DONATIONS.
WE ARE WAITING TO ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR DONOR LIST

WE ARE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS OF REACHING OUR GOAL OF $2000- THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS.

HELP PUT US AT OUR GOAL THIS WEEK!!!!

Join us in making our garden thrive again.
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EUGENE DE SELIGNAC WAS THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE CITY AND SPENT MANY YEARS PHOTOGRAPHING ALL SORTS OF CONSTRUCTION SITES, BUILDINGS, BRIDGES AND ALSO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. ENJOY THE IMAGES AND REMEMBER WHAT CARS WERE LIKE BEFORE ANY SAFTY FEATURES ABOVE MANHATTAN BRIDGE DAMAGED CAR 1936

Williamsburg Bridge, showing accident, interior of trolley car 1926

Vernon Avenue Bridge broken fence and coal truck “accident” 1935

Manhattan Bridge view showing auto damaged by accident 1924

Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, three mast schooner Bertha Walker, damaged bowsprit 1910

Brooklyn Bridge showing railing north side of footwalk looking west Manhattan  1917

Traffic Light 34th Street and Lexington Avenue traffic post signal damaged 1928

Stage Line “accident” 11:30am Park Circle stage line close view accident 1919

Williamsburg Bridge view showing auto truck south roadway between Bedford and Driggs Avenue Brooklyn  1923

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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WEDNESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
QUEEN MARY DOCKED PERMANENTLY IN
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

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NEW YORK CITY MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES

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