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Automobile parts at junkyard near Abbeville, Louisiana – Antique Wall Art

Automobile parts at junkyard near Abbeville, Louisiana, 1938 Nov. — historic photograph
Automobile parts at junkyard near Abbeville, Louisiana, 1938 Nov.. 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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Automobile parts at junkyard near Abbeville, Louisiana

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A heap of automobile parts at a junkyard near Abbeville, a small town in Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana, is the particular subject here. The picture was taken in November 1938, when the Farm Security Administration was documenting rural American life during the Depression. In those years, many families kept older cars running by scavenging replacement parts from yards like this one rather than buying new components. The negative is on nitrate film, an early and fragile medium, which is why the collection now holds it as a historic record.

Created / published1938 Nov.
Medium1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
GenreNitrate negatives.
NotesTitle and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
SubjectsUnited States--Louisiana--Abbeville.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206079

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