Oakland car for Times – Antique Photo Print
![Oakland car for Times, [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4fd7721ac756-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
A window into the past: Oakland car for Times, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Oakland car for Times
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The most distinctive thing about this picture is its subject: an automobile in Oakland, California, photographed for a newspaper called the Times, judging by the caption on the negative sleeve. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial studio, produced a huge body of work in the early 1920s, much of it for newspapers and magazines that needed quick, usable images of local news, streets, and everyday life. Automobiles were becoming a common sight in American cities during these years, so a plain vehicle picture like this one captures a moment when the car was rapidly reshaping urban streets. The glass plate itself carries some streaks and blemishes from age, a reminder of the fragile materials these photographers worked with.
| Created / published | [between 1920 and 1921] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| 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. 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 | 6,983 × 5,496 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-259315 |
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