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U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C. – Historic Reproduction

U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C., c1906. — historic photograph
U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C., c1906.. 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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Money moving through the capital is the subject here: a horse-drawn currency wagon belonging to the U.S. Treasury, photographed in Washington around 1906. Before motor trucks became common, cash and coin were often carried by wagon between government offices and banks, and a vehicle like this one suggests how much valuable material moved through the city's streets. The negative is from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for documenting American towns, landmarks and street life around the turn of the twentieth century. Its large 8 by 10 inch glass plate gives the picture enough detail to study the wagon's build and the street around it.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 3479" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019148. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUnited States.--Dept. of the Treasury. Carts & wagons. Money. Shipping. Treasuries.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62603

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