1956 DeSoto Ad, "Designed for the Super-Highway Age"

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Artifact Overview

American roads and turnpikes of the 1950s and the future interstate highway system needed an automobile "designed for the super-highway age." This advertisement claimed that the 1956 DeSoto had the forward look and design needed for America's driving future.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Advertisement

Date Made

October 1955

Subject Date

1956

Creator Notes

Made for the Chrysler Corporation, DeSoto Division

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.303.529

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 11.125 in
Width: 8.125 in

Inscriptions

Text at top of image: Announcing... the forward look DESOTO for 1956 / designed for the super-highway age Printed under image: De Soto Fireflite Sportsman
1956 DeSoto Ad, "Designed for the Super-Highway Age"