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[Mercedes-Benz automobile passing in front of a building decorated with wreaths] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Mercedes-Benz automobile passing in front of a building decorated with wreaths], 1938 — historic photograph
[Mercedes-Benz automobile passing in front of a building decorated with wreaths], 1938. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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 [Mercedes-Benz automobile passing in front of a building decorated with wreaths] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few details in the record set this picture apart from the others on the board, but the setting does. A Mercedes-Benz automobile rolls past a building hung with wreaths, a decorative touch that suggests a formal or festive occasion. The print comes from an album documenting the Kraftfahrzeug-Winterprüfung, a motor vehicle winter test held in early February 1938. Such trials put cars through cold, snow, and ice to judge their reliability, so the photograph offers a glimpse of how Germany's automobile industry presented its products in the late 1930s.

Created / published1938
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesIn album: Kraftfahrzeug-Winterprufung 1938 vom 2 bis 5 februar 1938, p. [12], right.
SubjectsDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft--Products--1930-1940. Automobiles--Germany--1930-1940. Testing--Germany--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,241 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206383

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