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The Rise of Transportation in America: Advertisements by American Automobile Corporations
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2009-12-16
Last Updated:
2009-12-16
The invention of the first Model-T Ford led to a romanticization of automobile travel. As usual, if people want to buy something, a company will be more than happy to sell it to them. This collection is comprised of advertisements from the Big Three Automobile makers, as well as some of the earlier, smaller automobile manufacturers.
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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 4)
Buy Chevrolet.
Tags: car, automobile, chevrolet
This advertisement features some camera angles that would make Hitchcock proud.
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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 2, No. 2)
Chevrolet is changing the world.
Tags: car, automobile, chevrolet, transportation
Automobiles - and according to this advertisment, Chevrolets in particular - are linking the world in new and exciting ways.
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From Dawn to Sunset (Part III)
Your future depends on General Motors.
Tags: general motors, automobile, chevrolet, labor
General Motors wants to be involved in all aspects of your life.
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The Corvair in Action
Chevrolet Corvairs are the newest car on the market.
Tags: general motors, automobile, chevrolet, corvair
The Corvair was a futuristic automobile in 1960!
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
"Come away with me, Lucile, in my Merry Oldsmobile..."
Tags: automobile, oldsmobile
This might be Oldsmobile's most charming commercial ever!
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Olds Minute Movies (Futuramic 1948)
Oldsmobile wants you to purchase a Futuramic.
Tags: automobile, oldsmobile, futuramic
Futuramics are futuristic!
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The Other Fellow
Chevrolet wants you to drive safely.
Tags: automobile, safety, etiquette
You wouldn't want to get in an accident and hurt someone (or damage your car!).
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A Wonderful New World of Fords
Ford builds a bridge to the future with its space-age compact cars.
Tags: ford, automobiles, futurism
The term 'compact car' has changed quite a bit in the last few decades.
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