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Trew Motor Co. – Vintage Wall Art

Trew Motor Co., [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
Trew Motor Co., [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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Trew Motor Co.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title points to the Trew Motor Co., a business whose name suggests an automobile dealership or repair shop in the early 1920s, though the record does not confirm its trade or location. The image is a glass negative measuring 8 by 6 inches, one of many the National Photo Company made during the years when the firm recorded street scenes, businesses, and daily life in and around Washington, D.C. The notes say the title is unverified and the date is inferred from neighboring negatives, so the exact year is uncertain. Viewers should also expect streaks and blemishes, which come from the natural breakdown of the original emulsion coatings on glass plates of this age.

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 scan7,113 × 5,440 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259524

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