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Autos that pass in the fray – Antique Print

Autos that pass in the fray — historic photograph
Autos that pass in the fray. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of Autos that pass in the fray brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Rochester, New York, in late October 1940 is the setting here, and the title, "Autos that pass in the fray," points to the cars themselves as the real subject. The record dates the print to October 27, 1940, just over a week before that year's presidential election, and names Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate who ran against Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Henry A. Wallace, Roosevelt's Democratic running mate. Motorcades were a central part of campaigning that year, and the crowded street shows how much of the race was fought in person on the road.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1940 October 27.
SubjectsWillkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944. Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard),--1888-1965--Public appearances. Presidential elections--United States--1940. Motorcades--New York (State)--Rochester--1940. Political campaigns--New York (State)--Rochester--1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210044

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