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R.L. Taylor Auto Co., [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

R.L. Taylor Auto Co., [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
R.L. Taylor Auto Co., [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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R.L. Taylor Auto Co., [Washington, D.C.]

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The subject is R.L. Taylor Auto Co., an automobile business in Washington, D.C., recorded during the years when motorcars were shifting from novelty to everyday purchase. The plate is an 8 by 6 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the city's streets and businesses around 1910 to 1920. The title came from the company's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the business details are worth checking. Streaks and blemishes across the plate come from the natural breakdown of its original coatings, which makes the negative a physical record of its age as well as a view of the city.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 scan7,105 × 5,432 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259879

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