Worthing, Sussex, Accident, Horse versus Motor, August 21 1908. On August 21, 1908 an accident occurred involving a horse and a motor car at the junction of Montague Street and Crescent Road. It is not known if the horse survived. The shop in the background is that of Dunford and Vousden, up to date drapers and milliners. The postcard was published by Edwards and Son, photographers, Worthing. Click the postcard to enlarge.
For more old photos please visit the Sepia Saturday blog where the theme this week is odd photographs involving animals.
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Old postcards from the early 20th century, compared to the same view shown on Google Street View today. The postcards come from my own collection. Almost all of them are from England, mainly showing West London, Middlesex, Surrey, Berks and Bucks. Click on the postcards to see enlarged versions. Street View images are the copyright of Google. Comments, questions or requests are welcome. If you repost my images on other websites (such as Facebook) please include a link to my original post.
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Another oddity for this week's collection, but this one is spectacular - the horse must have been terrified, even if it survived. Great choice.
ReplyDeleteGosh the car and the horse do look entangled. I hope the horse survived. There must have been quite a number of accidents between horses and cars when both were using the roads. Have you been able to track down a report of this in the newspapers of the day?
ReplyDeleteThe horse may have survived the accident, but I wonder if it was able to continue to perform his job and survive in the end?
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting photo. It's even more amazing that someone in that time period had a camera handy.
ReplyDeleteOh I do hope that horse was okay! What a beauty.
ReplyDeleteI hope the horse survived. Poor thing. It looks so frightened.
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That does not look like a fit horse. Either very old or undernourished. These postcards of train derailments, auto-horse accidents, etc. must have required a rapid response by the photographer to be the first studio on the scene. And who would buy this postcard? Was it ever posted?
ReplyDeleteAnd what is the overhead grid of wires in the modern streetview?
Another great example of an image so full of interest in every corner that you could write a short book on it.
ReplyDeletePoor horse. This photo would have been a good prompt.
ReplyDeleteThis was very hard for me to look at. I can't believe they made a postcard out of this.
ReplyDeleteWow, cool post. I'd like to write like this too - taking time and real hard work to make a great article... but I put things off too much and never seem to get started. Thanks though. Suzuki motorcycles price in BD
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