Auto Peds – Antique Photo Print
![Auto Peds, [between 1909 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b15268f2ac3b-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Auto Peds, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The title "Auto Peds," supplied by the National Photo Company, points to a street scene where motor cars and pedestrians shared the same space. That tension was new in the 1910s, when automobiles were spreading through American cities that had been built around horses, streetcars, and foot traffic. The company, a Washington, D.C., commercial firm, documented the city and the nation for decades, and its glass negatives now form part of the Library of Congress collection. Look for the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from the natural breakdown of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,960 × 4,312 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249523 |
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