594 of the 780 slaughtered in Cook County trafic during 1935

A two-page photograph montage of 594 faces out of 780 people killed in traffic-related accidents in 1935. The Chicago Tribune often referred to these deaths as "The Massacre."

Publication date: 1935-12-29

Size: 53.5 x 43 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Cook County (Ill.)

Temporal: 1935

Subject(s):

• Traffic accidents--Illinois--Cook County--1930-1940
• Victims--Illinois--Cook County--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Montages
• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 29, 1935), Part 7, p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg