Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Learning to Drive, 1908


  • Title: Teaching an old dog new tricks
  • Creator(s): Harding, Charlotte, 1873-1951, artist
  • Date Created/Published: [ca. 1908]
  • Medium: 1 drawing : crayon.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-54798 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration,"(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html)
  • Access Advisory: Restricted access: Materials in this collection are often extremely fragile; most originals cannot be served.
  • Call Number: CAI - Harding, no. 15 (B size) [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
  • Notes:
    • Cover design for Collier's; not published.
    • (DLC/PP-1934:0221).
    • Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Another image from the Library of Congress, this time with a novice driver fearfully trying to teach oneself how to drive.  Give the controls for throttle, timing, brakes, clutch, etc., it is no surprise that driving was considered as much a "sport" in those days as a skill to be learned by all. 


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