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[Snowbound automobiles in New York City, 1917] – Antique Print

[Snowbound automobiles in New York City, 1917], [1917] — historic photograph
[Snowbound automobiles in New York City, 1917], [1917]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Snowbound automobiles in New York City, 1917]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Cars buried in drifts on a New York City street make this picture stand apart from the many gallery images of early automobiles on clean, paved roads. Winter storms in the 1910s regularly caught the new motor vehicles unprepared, since snow tires, plows, and reliable winter starting were still limited, and horse-drawn sleighs and sleds often kept moving when engines could not. The print was registered for copyright by the Social Press Association, a news-photo service, so it was likely made to be sold to newspapers and read by the public as a picture of the city's winter troubles.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ221204 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Social Press Ass'n.
SubjectsBlizzards--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Snow--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Automobiles--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,263 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189690

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