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[Truck: James B. Lambie Co., Inc., Hardware, 1415 New York Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Truck: James B. Lambie Co., Inc., Hardware, 1415 New York Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Truck: James B. Lambie Co., Inc., Hardware, 1415 New York Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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A window into the past: [Truck: James B. Lambie Co., Inc., Hardware, 1415 New York Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Truck: James B. Lambie Co., Inc., Hardware, 1415 New York Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

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The sign on this delivery truck names the James B. Lambie Co., a hardware business on New York Avenue Northwest, one of the capital's major diagonal thoroughfares. The picture was made as a glass negative sometime between 1910 and 1920, when motor trucks were becoming a common sight on Washington streets alongside horses and wagons. It belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a firm that documented the city's streets, buildings and businesses, with many views sold as postcards. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947, and the streaks across its surface come from the natural deterioration of the original coatings.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,449 × 5,094 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260084

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