Express Spark Plug Co. – Vintage Photo Print
![Express Spark Plug Co., [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/46c8012c46d8-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Express Spark Plug Co. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Express Spark Plug Co.
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This negative is catalogued under the name Express Spark Plug Co., a firm that made ignition parts for the early automobile, when spark plugs were still a new and competitive product. The title comes from information the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve, and the library notes that it has not been independently verified. The Washington, D.C., firm produced commercial and documentary photographs in the early twentieth century, and its glass plates capture the business and street life of that era. Streaks and blemishes on the glass are the result of age, not damage in the image itself.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1926] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,365 × 5,147 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261413 |
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