🚗[ COLORIZED] Old Historical Photos of Car Accidents - Life in America 1930s

Stunning vintage photos of car wrecks from the days before seat belts and airbags, 1930s These stunning photographs of car wrecks in the 1930s were captured by Leslie Jones, a famous photographer who worked for the Boston Herald-Traveler from 1917 to 1956. Jones documented daily life in Boston and surrounding areas and some 40,000 of his negatives have been preserved. One of his favorite things was the documenting of car accidents. In the 1930s, he rushed to the scenes of hundreds of crashes, fender-benders, pileups, and captured the aftermaths in photos that ranged from morbid and tragic to bizarre and comical. What sets Jones apart from his contemporaries, and what makes his photograph collection truly great, is his keen sense of composition and human interest. As a press photographer, he was always under the pressure of looming deadlines. In addition, newspaper editors were not known for their delicacy or deference to their photographers’ skills. Given this, many of Jones’ publi