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Auto Parade – Antique Wall Art

Auto Parade, c1905. — historic photograph
Auto Parade, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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 line of early motorcars is the subject of this c1905 print, which the Library of Congress catalogs simply as Auto Parade. The caption card credits a photographer, possibly A.B. Chelan, with an address on West 106th Street in New York City, though those details are unverified. Around 1905, automobiles were still a novelty on American streets, and parades of them drew crowds as owners and manufacturers showed off the rapidly developing machines. The "U.S. Copyright Office" label suggests the picture was submitted for copyright registration, which is one reason such photographs survive in the Library's collections.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsH62747 U.S. Copyright Office Photo from A.B. Chelan(?), 161 West 106th St., N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Parades; Automobiles--1905; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131942

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