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Exhibits at the Washington, D.C. auto show, March 3-10, 1917 – Vintage Print

Exhibits at the Washington, D.C. auto show, March 3-10, 1917, 1917 March 3-10. — historic photograph
Exhibits at the Washington, D.C. auto show, March 3-10, 1917, 1917 March 3-10.. 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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Exhibits at the Washington, D.C. auto show, March 3-10, 1917

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At the Washington, D.C., auto show held March 3 to 10, 1917, automobile dealers and manufacturers filled the exhibit space for a week of public viewing, and the photograph records that event as one of the National Photo Company's commercial views of the capital. The show reflects a period when the automobile was shifting from a luxury novelty toward an everyday purchase for city buyers. It opened only weeks before the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, a reminder that peacetime consumer displays were soon overtaken by wartime priorities.

Created / published1917 March 3-10.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Business Activities. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SSF - Automobiles--1917. Caption card tracings: Washington, D.C. -- Misc.; Photog., I.; Exhibitions -- 1917; Automobiles -- 1917; Ph. Ind.; Exh.; Autos --1917; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142313

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