Automobubbling [sic] you and I – Historic Print
![Automobubbling [sic] you and I, c1907. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/73/7312541330bc-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Automobubbling [sic] you and I. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Automobubbling [sic] you and I
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This proof lantern slide carries the playful title "Automobubbling you and I," a pun on "automobile" that matches its romantic theme. It was made to accompany the song "In My Merry Oldsmobile," and it was registered for copyright under the name of Tom M. Phillips. Illustrated songs like this were staged in theaters, where a singer performed while a projectionist showed a sequence of slides on screen. The image reflects the early 1900s, when the automobile was still a novelty and a fashionable setting for courtship.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910.Proofs 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H103621 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, In my merry Oldsmobile. Copyright by Tom M. Phillips. |
| Subjects | Couples--1900-1910. Courtship--1900-1910. Automobiles--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-188056 |
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