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Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915 – Antique Wall Art

Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915, 1915 — historic photograph
Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915, 1915. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915

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Auto races at Bennings, the track on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., drew crowds of spectators in 1915, when automobile racing was a popular public entertainment in the United States. The record's title places the event at Bennings, Maryland, but the track sat just inside the District line, so the catalog's "[i.e., Washington, D.C.]" correction is the more accurate one. This glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the city and its surroundings in the early twentieth century, and its surface shows the natural deterioration typical of glass plates of this age.

Created / published1915
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,107 × 4,423 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257205

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