[The auto school] – Vintage Wall Art
![[The auto school], 1916 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f0acac4b6448-L.webp)
(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 print of [The auto school]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[The auto school]
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Where many automobile pictures show cars on the road, this 1916 etching focuses on a building called The auto school, a place where people went to learn to drive. Driving instruction grew alongside the car itself in the 1910s, when motoring was shifting from a wealthy hobby to an everyday skill. Printmakers of that decade often turned to the streets and new commercial buildings of growing cities for subjects. The plate bears a monogram and the date, and the print is also signed in pencil below the image, details worth noting for anyone studying how artists of the period marked their work.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Signed with a monogram and dated on plate; also signed with a monogram in pencil below plate. Clayton, 76. |
| Subjects | Buildings--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 979 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168861 |
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