First automobile on Pa. Avenue, 1896 – Vintage Print
(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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First automobile on Pa. Avenue, 1896
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The first automobile to appear on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1896 was a novelty that drew crowds long before cars became a common sight in the capital. Washington in the 1890s was still a city of horse-drawn carriages, streetcars and delivery wagons, so a motorized carriage rolling down the nation's most famous thoroughfare would have seemed remarkable to anyone who saw it. Photographs like this one, held in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, record the moment when the automobile first pushed its way into the city's busy street life.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Automobiles--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,150 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162546 |
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