Old car photos
Photographs of early automobiles from the 1900s to the 1940s: horseless carriages, the Ford Model T, touring cars, early auto races, gas stations and garages.
Why they are free to use: Most were published before 1931 or come from collections without known restrictions. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
Early automobiles
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Buick roadster on rocky country road
1909 · Library of Congress
1909 Vanderbilt Cup, American roadster, edit
1909 · Library of Congress
Automobile stuck in ditch on road in New York
1909 · Library of Congress
Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.
1912 · Library of Congress
Russell Motor Car 1908
c. 1908 · Wikimedia Commons
Car stuck on a muddy road, ca. 1924
c. 1924 · Wikimedia Commons
Darius Kinsey and his automobile at an arch in a red cedar stump, Washington, 1920
1920 · Wikimedia Commons
1920 Sieve Firenze Auto mobile
1920-05-05 · Wikimedia Commons
1920s and 1930s cars
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Line of cars, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1921) - DPLA - 6ff055352ad8d8869e3c5b7e58e000a7
1921 · Wikimedia Commons
StateLibQld 1 52704 Motor vehicles parked in the street outside Elvery's Garage, ca. 1926
c. 1926 · Wikimedia Commons
Willys-Overland Parade of New Cars, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1920) - DPLA - 3197be9feab5ba6ec8317489193d8da5
1920 · Wikimedia Commons
Autos at Forest Hills 14767723844
1915 · Library of Congress
Cars parked diagonally, Omaha, Nebraska ppmsca.10438u
1938-11 · Library of Congress
Cars parked along Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 8a09998
1938-07 · Library of Congress
Parking lot. Chicago, Illinois
1941-07 · Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. An automobile parking lot on 14th Street, back of the Department of Labor
1939 · Library of Congress
Races
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A Vanderbilt Cup, start
1910-10-01 · Library of Congress
1908 New York to Paris Race, grid
1908-02-12 · Library of Congress
1908 Vanderbilt Cup, grid before the race
1908-10-24 · Library of Congress
1915 Bain Cup Start
1915-10-09 · Library of Congress
Auto fashion parade 19237474813
1915 · Library of Congress
Tommy Milton 1921
1921 · Wikimedia Commons
Delno in Richard Special
1915 · Library of Congress
1908 Vanderbilt Cup, George Salzman
1908-10-24 · Library of Congress
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