“Picture taken at Lovegrove (now called University Blvd.) and Philips highway. I was called by the insurance company to take pictures of the wreck. This picture was taken moments before the man died. About 1947.” LS
Tags: car wreck, death, fatal accident, historic photography, Lovegrove, Philips Highway, police, vintage photograph
the note he left tells of a pretty morbid scene. there is a wreck, the insurance company is called, they call lloyd, he goes to the crashsite. all the while this guy sits in this mangled car before dying. wow.
without the note, the pic is worth a thousand words alone but with it?……….unbelievable how telling it is.
Hey Blake! I’m sorry that it has been a bit since this comment was posted, I am coming into discovery of this situation late. I know this might sound crazy, and I apologize, but this man is the spitting image of my father. It’s troubled friends, co-workers, family, and extended family for years now- they look to be the exact same human beings and we have always wanted to know this man’s story, to respect him in talking about the similarities & to know for ourselves more about him! Is it at all possible you know more about who he was or his situation? For the longest time we only had a cropped portion of this photo, and hadn’t known it to be a car wreck :/
This is sad. Any idea of who the poor soul was? Hopefully someone had called an ambulance before he had died.
This is unbelievable! I wonder if the men would have been standing around with there hands in pockets if it was there loved one in this wreck? The man may have survived had the ambulance been called first.
This struck me terribly. I didn’t expect for this man to be quite conscious and sitting there, while some men stood around with hands in their pockets. I don’t understand why no one was at least trying to get him out of there!