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Auto wreck – Vintage Wall Art

Auto wreck, [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Auto wreck, [between 1921 and 1922]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A crumpled automobile, caught in a glass negative from the early 1920s, is the subject here, and the record gives no location or cause for the crash. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio active in the early twentieth century, documented the city's streets, events and everyday life, and by the early 1920s automobile accidents had become a common news subject as cars spread across American roads. The negative's 8 by 6 inch format was typical of the period's commercial work. Its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual breakdown of the original coating, which affects how the image reads today.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan7,114 × 5,473 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259486

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