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[German ambulance] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[German ambulance], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
[German ambulance], [between 1910 and 1935]. 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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A window into the past: [German ambulance], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[German ambulance]

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The subject here is an ambulance identified as German, a vehicle type that gained wide attention in the years surrounding the First World War, when motorized ambulances became central to moving wounded soldiers from the front. The record dates the negative only to a span between 1910 and 1935, so its exact occasion is uncertain. It belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work from a Washington, D.C., commercial studio active in the early twentieth century. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from the deterioration of the original coatings rather than from the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. Copy 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 scan6,390 × 5,177 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260486

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