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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
A couple things for argument's sake, what is making the marks in the road that cars have traveled over. There's definitely some reason for the dark areas where the tires have driven over and the light areas that weren't.
Also, look at where the P.E. tracks are below the car that's at center left. Doesn't that look like something, whatever it is, is pushed out into the road?
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I'm inclined to agree with the others regarding the exposure of the image creating the snow effect. For all we know, it might have been one of the hottest days of the year.
If I am not mistaken, the streets in the photo were light-colored concrete rather darker asphalt laden macadam. The light colored streets would have thrown off most light meters, assuming one was even used. The dark areas appear to be contrasting dirt, rubber and oil tracking, which was pretty common for traffic patterns of that period and cars that dripped as much as they drank. If it were snow, or even freaky cold weather, background vegetation does not seem impacted, e.g., plenty of leaves.