U.S. Mail Wagon Automobile – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures U.S. Mail Wagon Automobile in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S. Mail Wagon Automobile
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A mail delivery wagon built around an automobile is the subject here, a glimpse of the early-twentieth-century shift from horse-drawn carts to motor vehicles on urban postal routes. The picture belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, assembled from the work of the Bain News Service, a commercial news photo agency that documented city streets, transportation and current events. The record gives no date, and its title comes from unverified notes on the negative, so the exact year and location remain uncertain. Even so, the image is worth a closer look as a record of the transition from horses to motor power in American mail service.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 6,937 × 5,393 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-2932 |
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