Penn Oil & Truck – Vintage Photo Print
![Penn Oil & Truck, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c37846d72757-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.)
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This historic photograph of Penn Oil & Truck brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A commercial scene from around 1920, this glass negative pairs the name Penn Oil with a truck, a combination that reflects how quickly motor transport was reshaping American streets in that decade. The National Photo Company, based in Washington, D.C., made large glass-plate negatives like this one to record city life and commerce in the early twentieth century. The title comes from unverified notes on the negative sleeve, so the business name should be read with some caution. The streaks and blemishes visible on the plate are the result of the original coating deteriorating over time, a common condition in glass negatives of this age.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| 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 six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,105 × 5,513 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258700 |
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