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Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Monument, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Monument, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926] — historic photograph
Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Monument, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1926]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 window into the past: Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Monument, [Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Ford Motor Co., Ford touring car at Monument, [Washington, D.C.]

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This Ford touring car was photographed at the Monument in Washington, D.C., most likely the Washington Monument on the National Mall, where automobiles had become a familiar sight by the 1910s. The National Photo Company, which recorded the capital's streets, landmarks and daily life in the early twentieth century, made the image on a glass plate, a format that holds fine detail. Open touring cars like the Ford were built for family outings and sightseeing, so the scene reflects how the automobile was changing the way Americans visited the city's monuments. Glass negatives of this age often show streaks and surface wear from deteriorating coatings.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,372 × 5,147 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261482

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