Motorcycle - Truck Accident - 11 of 11

DateMarch 1977

MediumEmulsion on paper

Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Catalog number2001.19.588

DescriptionThe accident pictured was part of a group taken by Jan Young and appearing in 2001.19.578 through 588. The photograph selected for publication was from 2001.19.586

From an article published in Tempe Daily News, March 24, 1977:

Medical Attention -

Rescuers work over 25-year-old Richard Baker who was injured in a motorcycle-car accident Wednesday. Baker is listed in serious condition at Desert Samaritan Hospital. Police said Baker was riding his motorcycle at about 65 miles an hour when it collided with the car (truck).
The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G7-B.

Status

Not on view