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Fire engine – Antique Print

Fire engine, [between 1908 and 1919] — historic photograph
Fire engine, [between 1908 and 1919]. Historic photograph from the Fire Engines 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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This rare historic photograph captures Fire engine in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This glass negative shows a fire engine, though its title comes from the National Photo Company's own notes and has not been independently verified. The company worked in Washington, D.C., and its negatives date from roughly 1908 to 1919, a period when many American fire departments were moving from horse-drawn apparatus to motorized equipment. The record notes streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coatings, which can soften detail in the plate. Those flaws are part of the negative's physical history, and they show how glass plates age.

Created / published[between 1908 and 1919]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Label crumbled inside envelope 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 five.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,948 × 4,261 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-249152

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