Photograph of the aftermath of the Summer Street Bridge disaster, November 8, 1916.
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Title
Photograph of the aftermath of the Summer Street Bridge disaster, November 8, 1916.
Subject
Electric railroads--Cars.
Magrath, George Burgess, 1870-1938.
Lantern slides.
Description
On the evening of November 7, 1916, a streetcar plunged 20 feet off an open drawbridge into the Fort Point Channel, sinking some 30 feet below the surface. There were 47 fatalities and only a handful of survivors. George Burgess Magrath and Timothy Leary, as medical examiners, were called to the scene to help identify the bodies of the victims. The photograph shows the raising of the streetcar once divers had cleared bodies from the wreckage.
Creator
Photographer unknown.
Source
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine. Department of Legal Medicine Records, circa 1877-1967 (inclusive), 1909-1967 (bulk).
Date Created
1916-11-08.
Format
image
Extent
1 glass lantern slide
Language
English
Type
still image
Identifier
M-DE06, lantern slide box 2.
Provenance
From the Records of the Department of Legal Medicine.
Files
Citation
Photographer unknown., “Photograph of the aftermath of the Summer Street Bridge disaster, November 8, 1916.,” OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits, accessed April 1, 2023, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17805.
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