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The town for the motor age" N.J." – Vintage Print

The town for the motor age" N.J.", [ca. 1923] — historic print
The town for the motor age" N.J.", [ca. 1923]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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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Its caption frames the town as one built for the motor age, a phrase that points to New Jersey as a place where planners were rethinking streets, homes and business districts around the automobile. The photoprint is credited to Richard Averill Smith, and its caption card lists city planning, dwellings and architecture among its subjects. Dated to about 1923, it reflects a period when American writers and planners were debating how cars would reshape towns, which makes the image useful for seeing that vision in an early form. The attribution and date come from an unverified caption card.

Created / published[ca. 1923]
MediumLOT 11317 [item] [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
GenrePhotoprint by Richard Averill Smith. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Business Est...& Stores; Plazas; Dwellings; Architecture; City Planning--1923.
Subjects1 photographic print.
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149110

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