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ARGO Auto, [U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., in background] – Vintage Wall Art

ARGO Auto, [U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., in background], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
ARGO Auto, [U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., in background], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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: ARGO Auto, [U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., in background], 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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ARGO Auto, [U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., in background]

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A motor car labeled ARGO sits with the U.S. Capitol rising behind it, placing a new kind of street traffic beside the city's best-known building. The picture is a glass negative made by the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington streets and landmarks in the 1910s, when automobiles were steadily replacing horse-drawn vehicles in American cities. The date is inferred from related negatives in the same range, and the title comes from unverified information written on the negative or its sleeve. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration of the original coating and are part of the plate's physical history.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,912 × 5,321 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260293

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