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Semmes Motor Co. Schrafft's truck, [1926] – Historic Photo Reproduction

Semmes Motor Co. Schrafft's truck, [1926], [1926] — historic photograph
Semmes Motor Co. Schrafft's truck, [1926], [1926]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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: Semmes Motor Co. Schrafft's truck, [1926], 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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Semmes Motor Co. Schrafft's truck, [1926]

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A Schrafft's truck linked to the Semmes Motor Co. is the subject of this 1926 glass negative from the National Photo Company. Schrafft's was a candy and confectionery firm founded in Boston in the 1860s, and by the 1920s its shops and sweets were familiar across the Northeast, so a branded delivery truck was a common sight on city streets. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. commercial studio, produced many street and commercial views in the early twentieth century. The glass shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of its original coatings, which are worth noticing when reading the image.

Created / published[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 related neg. 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,353 × 5,128 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261821

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