Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite – Vintage Wall Art
![Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite, [1919 or 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/78/78c195309a49-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite
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An Oldsmobile sales company shares the frame with a Scottish Rite building in this glass negative, a pairing that hints at how automobile showrooms were spreading along American commercial streets in the years after World War I. The title was written by the National Photo Company on the negative or its sleeve but has not been independently verified, so the location should be read as a lead rather than settled fact. The date of about 1919 or 1920 is drawn from neighboring negatives in the same range. Streaks and blemishes from the aging coatings are visible on this 8 by 6 inch plate, a 1947 gift of Herbert A. French.
| Created / published | [1919 or 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,501 × 6,948 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258122 |
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