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Auto races [Benning, Washington, D.C.?] – Antique Wall Art

Auto races [Benning, Washington, D.C.?], [between 1912 and 1930] — historic photograph
Auto races [Benning, Washington, D.C.?], [between 1912 and 1930]. 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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A window into the past: Auto races [Benning, Washington, D.C.?], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This glass negative records automobile races, probably at Benning, a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., though the location is listed as unverified. The National Photo Company, which documented the city's streets, buildings and events in the early twentieth century, made it sometime between 1912 and 1930. Early motor racing drew crowds and was still a novelty, so the scene offers a glimpse of how the city spent its leisure time. The negative shows streaks and blemishes from the natural breakdown of its original coating.

Created / published[between 1912 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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 six
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,252 × 4,266 px · prints to 21 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257124

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