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Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915 – Vintage Print

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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This rare historic photograph captures Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915

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Auto races at Bennings, the horse-racing and later automobile track on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., are the subject of this 1915 glass negative from the National Photo Company. The record's title says "Bennings, Md.," a reminder that the track sat just over the District line, in the Maryland countryside, before the area was fully absorbed into the city's street grid. Motor racing was a fast-growing spectator sport in the 1910s, drawing crowds to dirt and board tracks across the country. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington life for years, left behind a large body of such negatives, and the surface streaks noted in the record are typical of how glass plates 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 scan6,112 × 4,418 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257209

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