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ARGO Auto [White House, Washington, D.C., in background] – Historic Reproduction

ARGO Auto [White House, Washington, D.C., in background], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
ARGO Auto [White House, Washington, D.C., in background], [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 ARGO Auto [White House, Washington, D.C., in background]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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ARGO Auto [White House, Washington, D.C., in background]

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A car bearing the name ARGO Auto appears with the White House visible in the background, placing an early motorcar against the nation's most recognizable address. The glass plate came from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded the capital's streets and buildings during the 1910s. Its title comes from the company's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the vehicle's maker remains uncertain. Streaks and blemishes across the plate reflect deterioration in its original coating.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
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.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,903 × 5,283 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260294

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