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- Damaged Car Following a Traffic Accident in Pontiac, Michigan, 1942-1945 - Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Accidents like the wreck pictured here became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.
- 1942-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Damaged Car Following a Traffic Accident in Pontiac, Michigan, 1942-1945
Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Accidents like the wreck pictured here became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.
- Delivery Wagon Used by Wayne Creamery until 1962 - Wayne Creamery of Detroit, Michigan, used this horse-drawn wagon to deliver milk to its customers. The wagon's metal-tired wooden wheels were replaced with rubber automobile tires in the mid-1940s -- after residents in the delivery area complained about noise made by the metal tires during the wagon's early morning rounds. Wayne Creamery relied on horse-powered deliveries until 1962.
- 1947-1962
- Collections - Artifact
Delivery Wagon Used by Wayne Creamery until 1962
Wayne Creamery of Detroit, Michigan, used this horse-drawn wagon to deliver milk to its customers. The wagon's metal-tired wooden wheels were replaced with rubber automobile tires in the mid-1940s -- after residents in the delivery area complained about noise made by the metal tires during the wagon's early morning rounds. Wayne Creamery relied on horse-powered deliveries until 1962.
- Ford Model AA Standrive Delivery Truck Used by Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy Co., July 1931 -
- July 17, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Model AA Standrive Delivery Truck Used by Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy Co., July 1931
- Traffic Accident Involving a Car, Dairy Truck, and Streetcar, Detroit, Michigan, 1930-1945 - Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Accidents like the wreck pictured here became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.
- 1930-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Traffic Accident Involving a Car, Dairy Truck, and Streetcar, Detroit, Michigan, 1930-1945
Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Accidents like the wreck pictured here became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.