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[Highway crowded with automobiles and people] / F.G.H. – Historic Reproduction

[Highway crowded with automobiles and people] / F.G.H., c1919. — historic photograph
[Highway crowded with automobiles and people] / F.G.H., c1919.. 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 [Highway crowded with automobiles and people] / F.G.H. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Automobiles and pedestrians crowd together on this roadway, with no clear division between them, which was typical of American streets around 1919. By then, millions of cars had been produced, most famously the Ford Model T, and older habits of walking and horse travel still shared the road with them. Traffic congestion was a new problem, and it helped push cities toward signals, lane markings, and driving rules in the following decade. The photograph is a useful record of that transition, when the automobile was taking over public roads.

Created / publishedc1919.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ235087 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frank G. Hall. No copyright renewal per LC Photoduplication Service.
SubjectsAutomobiles--1910-1920. Traffic congestion--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,137 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166588

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