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DePaolo in pit for tire change, 10/26/25 – Historic Photograph Print

DePaolo in pit for tire change, 10/26/25, [19]25 October 26. — historic photograph
DePaolo in pit for tire change, 10/26/25, [19]25 October 26.. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A window into the past: DePaolo in pit for tire change, 10/26/25, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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DePaolo in pit for tire change, 10/26/25

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A mechanic's work at the edge of a race track is the focus here: a driver named DePaolo sits in a pit while a crew changes a tire, on October 26, 1925. The record gives only the surname, but DePaolo likely refers to the racer Peter DePaolo, who was among the best-known drivers of the 1920s. Pit stops were still a new and unpolished part of racing then, so a scene like this shows how much hands-on work went into keeping a car running. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that supplied pictures to newspapers, made the glass negative, which shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age.

Created / published[19]25 October 26.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 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 four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,547 × 4,340 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-244329

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