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Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Capitol, [Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. 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: Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], 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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Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

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A Ford touring car parked near the Capitol gives this view of Washington a distinctly early automobile character. Open touring cars like this one, with folding tops and room for several passengers, were among the most common family vehicles of the 1910s and early 1920s. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that recorded the capital's streets and landmarks on glass negatives, and the Library of Congress received it as a gift in 1947. The record dates it only to between 1910 and 1926, so the exact day remains uncertain.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
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 scan6,365 × 5,135 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261474

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