En tour – Antique Wall Art
(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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This antique lithograph of En tour brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Titled in French, *En tour* (roughly "on tour" or "out touring"), this color lithograph pairs the automobile with clothing and dress, so the costume is as much the subject as the car. Around 1904, motoring was still a novelty for most Americans, and long trips on unpaved roads meant drivers and passengers wore dusters, caps, veils, and goggles to keep dust off their clothes. The print was issued by F. Vorenberg & Co. of Boston, and it captures the fashionable side of early automobile culture, when touring was as much about being seen as about reaching a destination.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by F. Vorenberg & Co., Boston, Mass. |
| Subjects | Automobiles--1900-1910. Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Automobile driving--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,441 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216848 |
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