Ford automobile parked on street, with buildings and other autos in background, Lafayette, La. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 photograph of Ford automobile parked on street, with buildings and other autos in background, Lafayette, La.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ford automobile parked on street, with buildings and other autos in background, Lafayette, La.
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A Ford sits at the curb in this 1921 view of a Lafayette, Louisiana street, with commercial buildings and other automobiles lining the background. That the car is a Ford matters, since the Model T dominated American roads in the early 1920s, and by 1921 it was common enough that a parked one could stand as an ordinary sight of town life. The photograph is a useful record of how a small Louisiana city looked as motor traffic was becoming routine, with cars parked where horses and wagons had once been tied up. The caption card is catalogued under automobile parking, which is itself a telling subject for the period.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Automobile parking; La.--Lafayette; Automobiles--1921; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,251 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131940 |
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