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Graham Bros. Gen. Serp Corn truck at Treasury, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Graham Bros. Gen. Serp Corn truck at Treasury, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph
Graham Bros. Gen. Serp Corn truck at Treasury, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925]. 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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Graham Bros. Gen. Serp Corn truck at Treasury, [Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Graham Bros. Gen. Serp Corn truck at Treasury, [Washington, D.C.]

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A motor truck marked for Graham Bros. and Gen. Serp corn stands at the Treasury in Washington, with the capital's neoclassical government buildings nearby. Graham Brothers, an automaker based in Evansville, Indiana, built trucks in the years this view likely dates from, and by the 1910s and early 1920s motor delivery vehicles were becoming a common sight on city streets. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that documented Washington from about 1906 to the early 1930s, recorded scenes like this one. Streaks and blemishes on the glass reflect the natural aging of the original coating.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1925]
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 scan6,455 × 5,111 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260966

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