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Curbside Rescue

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Day
17
Month
February
Year
1956
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Phil Spear Shoveling Snow, February 1956

Phil Spear Shoveling Snow, February 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 17, 1956
Caption:
CURBSIDE RESCUE: Many Ann Arbor motorists whose cars were parked at the curb during last night's snowstorm found themselves in the plight of this driver, Mrs. Patricia Williams of 612 Woodmere Pl. A snowplow had jammed snow against the side and underneath her car as it was parked on S. University Ave., preventing the vehicle from moving. However, Phil Spear of 1315 S. State St. brings his shovel into play and frees the imprisoned auto.

Car Hit By Train, William St. and Ann Arbor Railroad Tracks, October 1940

Car Hit By Train, William St. and Ann Arbor Railroad Tracks, October 1940 image
Year:
1940
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 19, 1940
Caption:
SCENE OF FATAL CROSSING ACCIDENT: Joel S. Culp, 69-year-old carpenter, of Platt subdivision, met death in the wreckage of the car pictured above when it was hit by an Ann Arbor railroad train at the W. William St. crossing yesterday afternoon. It was the third fatal traffic accident here this year and the first railroad crossing fatality here in nine years. (Story on page 1).

Car in Snowstorm, Intersection of Main & Liberty Sts., March 1947

Car in Snowstorm, Intersection of Main & Liberty Sts., March 1947 image
Year:
1947
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1947
Caption:
KEEPING WINDOWS CLEAR KEEPS MOTORISTS BUSY: Ann Arbor drivers had to go it blind now and then as wind-driven snow cluttered car windows and obscured vision. This picture was taken at Main and Liberty Sts.

Snow-Loader At Work On Main Street, March 1947

Snow-Loader At Work On Main Street, March 1947 image
Year:
1947
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1947
Caption:
PLENTY OF WORK FOR THIS OUTFIT TODAY: Ann Arbor's snow-loader found plenty of fuel for its hungry maw today as city workers faced overtime labors trying to dig out of the worst March storm in many years. This picture was made at Main and William Sts.

Car Stuck in Snowstorm, March 1947

Car Stuck in Snowstorm, March 1947 image
Year:
1947
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1947
Caption:
DRIVER OF THIS CAR WAS NOT ALONE IN HIS PLIGHT: Well stuck on Berkley St. at Main St. is this car and the efforts of those two pushers didn't prove sufficient by a long way. The scene was repeated many times over this morning as drivers went a little way, slid into the rough and decided to walk to work.