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Trew Motor Co., [Washington, D.C., interior] – Historic Print

Trew Motor Co., [Washington, D.C., interior], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Trew Motor Co., [Washington, D.C., interior], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Trew Motor Co., [Washington, D.C., interior]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Trew Motor Co., [Washington, D.C., interior]

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Trew Motor Co. is the name given to this interior view of an automobile business in Washington, D.C., captured on a glass negative. The title comes from data the National Photo Company recorded on the negative or its sleeve and has not been verified, while the date of 1910 to 1920 is inferred from other negatives in the same range. Those years marked the shift of the automobile from novelty to everyday purchase, when showrooms and repair shops were becoming familiar parts of American cities. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural decay of the original coatings.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
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 scan6,371 × 5,128 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259897

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