Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, probably in Washington, D.C. – Historic Print
![Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, probably in Washington, D.C., [1921?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f13c2736dc7d-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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Step back in time with Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, probably in Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, probably in Washington, D.C.
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A Christmas window at an Oldsmobile dealer, most likely in Washington, D.C., shows how a holiday theme was applied to an automobile showroom. The print comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work by a Washington commercial studio that recorded the city's streets, storefronts and businesses in the 1910s and 1920s. Retailers often dressed their windows for the season to draw holiday shoppers, and a car was an expensive gift that families might consider at year's end. The date of about 1921 is an estimate, so the picture is best read as a snapshot of how automakers and dealers marketed cars to a wider public in that decade.
| Created / published | [1921?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Business Activities. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. F82-7038. Formerly in SPF - Automobile industry and trade. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Holidays -- Christmas; Stores...; Ads -- Automobiles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131582 |
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