[Electric auto at re-charging station] – Antique Wall Art
![[Electric auto at re-charging station], c1919 Aug. 25. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f4/f4fadd4cc9cd-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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A window into the past: [Electric auto at re-charging station], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Electric auto at re-charging station]
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A standing electric automobile at a re-charging station, dated about 1919, comes from a Seattle studio, Cress-Dale Photo Co., and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Electric cars were popular for city errands in the 1910s because they ran quietly and needed no hand crank, but their limited range and the spread of gasoline cars with electric starters soon shrank their market. The picture is a useful record of the charging infrastructure that once supported them. The date and details come from an old caption card and may have been revised since.
| Created / published | c1919 Aug. 25. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J236214 U.S. Copyright Office Cress-Dale Photo Co., Seattle. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Automobiles, Electric; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143175 |
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