#26: A 1921 Car Accident
Car accidents are nothing new. People have been crashing into things and causing accidents since cars were invented. Some people call it human error. Others call it recklessness. Whatever you call it, there’s no denying the looky-loo factor. People have always congregated around disaster. Take this colorized 1921 photograph of a car crash in Washington, D.C.
Everyone is standing around to observe the scene of the crime. This photograph is so visceral that most of us can imagine walking onto a scene like this while out and about in the city. The driver is still seated in the car, which seems dangerous from a modern perspective. Other than that, this slice-of-life photo looks like something any of us would see on an average day.