Fire engine wreck – Vintage Wall Art
![Fire engine wreck, [1922] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cd00ce996d2f-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 Fire engine wreck brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fire engine wreck
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A crumpled fire engine, its wreckage the subject of this 1922 glass negative, marks a moment when motorized apparatus was replacing horse-drawn pumpers in American cities. The National Photo Company, which operated in Washington, D.C., made many such pictures of everyday city life in the early twentieth century, and its negatives were often captioned after the fact. The record's title, "Fire engine wreck," comes from unverified notes on the negative sleeves, so the exact circumstances of the crash are not documented. The glass plate itself shows streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | [1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,247 × 4,202 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-235420 |
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