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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.
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]
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.
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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