Drie mannen bij een automobiel c. 1865 - 1900

This is a black and white photograph taken by Laurens Lodewijk Kleijn, a Dutch photographer active in the late 19th century, showing three men standing around an early automobile. The photograph is a negative, meaning the light and dark tones are reversed. This image gives insight into the early days of automobile culture and the growing popularity of this new form of transportation in the late 1800s. The image's small size suggests it may have been a personal photograph, possibly taken by Kleijn himself.