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[Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day] – Historic Print

[Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day], [1915] — historic photograph
[Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day], [1915]. 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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Step back in time with [Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day]

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Car number 14 sets this picture apart: a racer photographed on the Benning track in the Washington, D.C., area during a Labor Day event in 1915. Benning was better known for horse racing, but by the 1910s its oval also hosted automobile races that drew crowds eager to see the new machines pushed to their limits. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that documented city life and local events in the early twentieth century. It offers a useful view of early motor racing, when open cockpits and dusty tracks were the norm.

Created / published[1915]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsRacing automobiles--Washington Metropolitan Area--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177129

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