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UPDATE: "Traffic court -- George H. Scriven, Otto G. Hauschild." A tighter shot of this scene, also captured by National Photo Co.
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Automobile accident recreation with miniature cars." Go Directly to Jail! Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
Luckily, first aid was on the scene immediately because this accident took place at Red Cross.
Name the intersection and submit a Google streetview!
Nobody recreated the accident I had many decades ago when I drove an uncle's Hudson Hornet into the side of Aunt Millie's barn as a lad. I don't see the tiny empty beer bottles either.
The episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Barney tries with a notable lack of success to teach Otis the rules of the road with toy cars on the courthouse floor.
I have a few of those miniature die-cast cars. They are early Tootsie Toys and were made using a Linotype machine. Tootsie (which was a common girl's nickname in the era) made an assortment of small white metal play items for both boys and girls. Those included dollhouse furniture and doll accessories. The candlestick traffic lights are also probably Tootsie doll items. The two larger cars in the intersection appear to be Tootsie's 1915 Model T Ford.
What a great image! Waiting to see if some Shorpy viewer will identify the makers of these vehicles.
"Colonel Mustard ran into Professor Plum in the intersection with a Buick!"
The giant hand with the pencil.
Well, I think if we made the streets out of something other than cardboard we could have fewer accidents.
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