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Semmes Motor Co. National City Dairy truck, [1926] – Historic Photograph Print

Semmes Motor Co. National City Dairy truck, [1926], [1926] — historic photograph
Semmes Motor Co. National City Dairy truck, [1926], [1926]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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 Semmes Motor Co. National City Dairy truck, [1926], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Semmes Motor Co. National City Dairy truck, [1926]

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A delivery truck marked for the National City Dairy, with its maker listed as the Semmes Motor Co., sets this 1926 scene apart. By the mid-1920s, many dairies were replacing horse-drawn wagons with motor trucks, which could cover longer routes faster and carry more milk. The image survives as a glass negative from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. studio whose work recorded the period's streets and commerce. Viewers should expect streaks and blemishes, which come from natural deterioration in the original coatings.

Created / published[1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,347 × 5,122 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261790

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