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Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916 – Historic Print

Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916, ca. 1916. — historic photograph
Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916, ca. 1916.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Auto races, Benning, Md., [i.e., Washington, D.C.], c. 1916

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Benning, a community on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., is the setting here, though the original caption placed it in Maryland, an error the title flags as unverified. The scene shows automobile racing, a sport that drew crowds to local tracks in the years before World War I, when cars were becoming faster and more common on American roads. The National Photo Company, which documented the capital extensively in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative, and the streaks and blemishes on its surface come from the age of the plate rather than from anything in the scene.

Created / publishedca. 1916.
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. 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 six
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,038 × 4,391 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-257146

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