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Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915 – Historic 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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A window into the past: Auto races, Bennings, Md. [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1915, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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

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Auto races at Bennings, the track on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., drew crowds of spectators in 1915, when motor racing was still a young and novelty-filled pastime in the United States. The record's title places the event at Bennings, Md., a label that reflects the record's own uncertain data, since the grounds sat within the District. This glass negative came from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio whose work documented the capital in the early twentieth century, and its surface shows the streaks and blemishes typical of aging glass plates.

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 scan6,043 × 4,418 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257203

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