With a chime and a flash, an event becomes historic

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“Derailed trolley cars, Washington, D.C.,” between 1915 and 1923. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016885443/. Post-processed for format, detail and contrast.
Clipping from Evening Star - Newspapers.com
The Evening Star (Washington), 5 January 1916, page 10