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[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building] – Vintage Wall Art

[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building], 1925 Dec. 12. — historic photograph
[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building], 1925 Dec. 12.. 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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[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Rows of automobiles sit across the flat roof of a Buick sales and service building, a sight that grew more common as car ownership climbed in the mid-1920s. Urban land was expensive, so dealers often used rooftops and upper decks to hold inventory and customers' cars rather than spreading them over scarce street-level lots. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington, D.C., and its surroundings during these decades, made the picture in December 1925. It offers a useful glimpse of how the automobile trade was reshaping city space.

Created / published1925 Dec. 12.
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1920-1930.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection. No. 38648.
SubjectsParking lots--1920-1930. Roofs--1920-1930. Automobile dealerships--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168722

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