Photograph caption dated November 26, 1959 reads, "Feared Baby Was Dead -- Mrs. Constance Gabler, 32, of North Hollywood, holds her tiny son Grant close to her after discovering he still was alive after falling out of her car as she turned onto the Hollywood freeway."
Yep, that's what it says happened.
I know parents tended to be less safety minded back then, but, was he just tossed in the seat like a sack of groceries?
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