Rose's auto, Rose City, Mich. Early experimental automobile. – Antique Wall Art
![Rose's auto, Rose City, Mich. Early experimental automobile., [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4fbbb98098a7-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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Rose's auto, Rose City, Mich. Early experimental automobile. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rose's auto, Rose City, Mich. Early experimental automobile.
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Rose City, a small village in northern Michigan, gives this print its setting, and the title names the vehicle simply as "Rose's auto," an early experimental car. The print is attributed to Nelson William Colbath, a photographer working in Rose City, and it is part of the Wittemann Collection at the Library of Congress. Dating from between 1900 and 1920, it shows a time when automobiles were still scarce and many were built by individual owners and small workshops rather than large factories. Michigan would soon become the center of American car making, so a homemade machine from a town this size shows how quickly the idea of the motorcar was spreading.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1920. |
| Notes | Attributed to Nelson William Colbath, photographer, Rose City, Michigan. Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Automobiles--Michigan--1900-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189760 |
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