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Men looking under hood of auto – Vintage Wall Art

Men looking under hood of auto, [1916?] — historic photograph
Men looking under hood of auto, [1916?]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Men looking under hood of auto in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two men lean over the open engine bay of an early automobile, a scene that captures the hands-on relationship many owners had with their cars in the 1910s, when motoring was still new and repairs were often done at the roadside. The photograph belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a large body of commercial pictures made in Washington, D.C., and the Library of Congress holds it among its prints and photographs. The date is only a estimate, shown in brackets as c. 1916, so the exact year is uncertain. Worth noticing is how the men's attention centers on the exposed machinery rather than on the car as a showpiece.

Created / published[1916?]
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).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114257

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