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[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.] – Historic Print

[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.], [1912?] — historic photograph
[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.], [1912?]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Step back in time with [Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.]

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A Buick roadster has pulled to the edge of a narrow country road above Liberty, New York, to let a horse-drawn wagon pass. The scene reflects a moment of transition, when automobiles were becoming more common but many rural roads were still used mainly by horses, wagons, and carts, and motorists often had to slow down and yield. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made by the Bain agency in New York in the early twentieth century. The date on the caption card is marked with a question mark, so treat the year as approximate.

Created / published[1912?]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,137 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120217

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