"The New All-Metal Plymouth Suburban, the Car with 101 Uses," Chrysler Corporation Plymouth Division, 1949

In this 1949 sales brochure, Plymouth pointed out the usefulness of its Suburban for hunters, campers, farmers, and a variety of businessmen. But families also would come to embrace this and other makes of station wagons. In the 1950s, parents found a wagon an ideal vehicle for one important reason -- transporting a growing family.