1942 Oldsmobile Meets Streetcar

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A 1942 Oldsmobile in an encounter with a streetcar in Pittsburgh PA. The Olds only got slightly damaged. Photographer is Charles Harris [1908-1998]. The photo dates back 1942 to ca.1944.

1942 Oldsmobile
1942 Oldsmobile and streetcar side by side, Pittsburgh PA

Another photo taken by Harris is here on classiccarszone.org.

Harris was an American photographer from Pittsburgh, PA. We mostly know him for his photographs of residents and visitors to his hometown. Often it includes musicians, performers, pedestrians or policemen. The Pittsburgh Courier published many of his photos. Harris was born in 1908 in Pittsburgh. He was the son of hotel owners in the city's Hill District. His first camera he bought in the 1930's and opened a photography studio soon thereafter.