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Official U.S. Government (Army?) automobile at the Union Station, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

Official U.S. Government (Army?) automobile at the Union Station, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
Official U.S. Government (Army?) automobile at the Union Station, Washington, D.C., [between 1909 and 1932]. 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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Step back in time with Official U.S. Government (Army?) automobile at the Union Station, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A dark sedan marked as an official government vehicle stands in front of Union Station in Washington, D.C., a detail that places the photograph at the city's busiest rail gateway. The station opened in 1907 with a monumental Beaux-Arts design by Daniel Burnham, and by the time this picture was made, cars were becoming a common sight at the curb as federal business and visitors moved through the capital. The catalog record suggests the vehicle may have been Army-owned, though that is uncertain. The photograph came from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington scenes in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Automobiles. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SSF - Automobiles. Caption card tracings: Automobiles; Ph. Index.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,053 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147065

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