[Airplane racing above electric railway car] – Historic Print
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(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: [Airplane racing above electric railway car], preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Airplane racing above electric railway car]
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Airplanes race overhead while an electric railway car rolls along the track below, pairing two fast forms of transport in one scene. The wood engraving appeared on page 35 of volume 75 of the *Electric Railway Journal* in 1931, a trade publication for streetcar and interurban operators. In the early 1930s, air racing drew large crowds and newspaper attention, while electric lines still carried many passengers between towns and cities, so the juxtaposition suggests competing ideas of speed. The record does not name the artist or the specific race or line depicted.
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1931 |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Electric Railway Journal, v. 75, 1931, p.35. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--[1931]; Railroads--Electric--[1931]; Airplanes--[1931]; Transportation; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,225 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136741 |
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