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Semmes Motor Co. Barker & Moss truck, [1926] – Historic Photo Reproduction

Semmes Motor Co. Barker & Moss truck, [1926], [1926] — historic photograph
Semmes Motor Co. Barker & Moss truck, [1926], [1926]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A window into the past: Semmes Motor Co. Barker & Moss truck, [1926], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Semmes Motor Co. Barker & Moss truck, [1926]

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A truck tied to Barker & Moss and the Semmes Motor Co. is the particular subject here, though the title comes from data the National Photo Company wrote on the negative, and it has not been independently verified. The company worked in Washington, D.C., from the 1910s into the 1930s, recording local streets, businesses and events on glass plates like this one, so the picture documents commercial motor vehicles in the mid-1920s, when trucks were becoming everyday tools for merchants. Streaks and other blemishes on the glass come from the gradual breakdown of its original coating, and they are part of what the image looks like today.

Created / published[1926]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. 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 seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,371 × 5,116 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261803

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