1952 Cadillac Advertisement, "Climaxing Fifty Years of Progress!"
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Automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Print advertisements from the 1950s for Cadillac cars were not only marketing extravagant vehicles of unrestrained design, they were selling a way of life and social status, luxury and elegance, sophistication and power.
Automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Print advertisements from the 1950s for Cadillac cars were not only marketing extravagant vehicles of unrestrained design, they were selling a way of life and social status, luxury and elegance, sophistication and power.
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Date Made
1952
Subject Date
October 1952
Creators
General Motors Corporation. Cadillac Motor Car Division
Creator Notes
Made for the Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Corporation
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.0.178.134
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 13 in
Width: 9.5 in
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