1954 Chevrolet Corvette Ad, "Stop Dreaming and Start Driving!"

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Artifact Overview

If you drove a General Motors vehicle in the late 1940s and early 1950s it wasn't a sports car. GM didn't make them. But their designers dreamt one up -- the Chevrolet Corvette. This 1954 New Yorker ad invited the public to stop dreaming and start driving GM's new dream car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

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Date Made

10 July 1954

Subject Date

10 July 1954

Creator Notes

Made for General Motors Corporation. Chevrolet Division

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.303.342

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.563 in
Width: 8.563 in

1954 Chevrolet Corvette Ad, "Stop Dreaming and Start Driving!"