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3,000 Miles: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 1:06am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Firestone 3,000-mile tires." Presumably after those grueling 3K miles. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. I like the shadows and detail here. Old-school photography combined with digital processing can produce some striking results.
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Tires
Submitted by YB on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 1:40pm.
Gotta remember, back then there were no Pneumatic tires, roads were bad so 3000 miles may have been the top of the line back then.
[Most cars in 1919 had pneumatic tires. These are truck tires. - Dave]
Alexandria
Submitted by SuperJdynamite on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 9:09am.
Although I don't have any evidence to back this up, some of the photos tagged "Washington, D.C." look like they might actually be from across the river in Alexandria, VA (which was a part of DC until 1846). There are still a number of alleys in Alexandria that are cobblestone with a stripe of brick down the middle.
Fossilized Tires
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 8:24am.
These tires appear to be reduced to an organic state. What interests me about this photo is that what was presumably a publicity or advertising type photo was posed in an alley. Maybe the alley was meant to suggest the life these tires led on a delivery truck.
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