Benz / Carl Kreuzer, Frankfurt. – Antique Print
![Benz / Carl Kreuzer, Frankfurt., [1917 or 1918] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cf4bb1356884-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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Benz / Carl Kreuzer, Frankfurt.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Benz / Carl Kreuzer, Frankfurt.
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Printed in color for a German periodical around 1917 or 1918, this Benz advertisement by Carl Kreuzer of Frankfurt stands out from the plainer automobile notices of its day. Benz & Cie., founded in Mannheim in 1883, had built some of the earliest practical gasoline automobiles, and by the war years its name carried that pioneering reputation. Germany's wartime economy shifted automobile production toward military needs, so civilian car advertising like this one shows a company trying to keep its name before buyers while private motoring was restricted. Color halftone was expensive to produce, so the printing itself suggested the prestige the company hoped to claim.
| Created / published | [1917 or 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Automobiles--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,138 × 1,447 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216792 |
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