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Hudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Bldg. – Antique Print

Hudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Bldg., [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
Hudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Bldg., [ca. 1920]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Hudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Bldg. in remarkable 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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Hudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Bldg.

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Parked at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., this Hudson Super Six sits in front of the State, War, and Navy Building, the massive granite landmark completed in 1888 to house the departments that ran American diplomacy and the military. The Super Six, a six-cylinder touring car from Detroit's Hudson Motor Car Company, was among the more popular premium automobiles of the early 1920s. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the capital's streets and buildings in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[ca. 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Automobiles. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Automobiles - 1920-1929. Caption card tracings: Washington, D.C. -- Buildings, US Government.; Automobiles -- ca. 1920; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,228 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133961

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