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- 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible - This car symbolizes 1950s America: a time of exuberance, self-confidence, excess, and self-indulgence. Cadillac designers drew on jet aircraft for ideas, from the sharp, swept-back tailfins to the front parking lights that resemble B-52 bomber air intakes. Under that jet-inspired skin is a 345 horsepower engine, air suspension, and a host of luxury options, including an automatic headlight dimmer. We are unlikely to ever see such cars again.
- 1959
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1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
This car symbolizes 1950s America: a time of exuberance, self-confidence, excess, and self-indulgence. Cadillac designers drew on jet aircraft for ideas, from the sharp, swept-back tailfins to the front parking lights that resemble B-52 bomber air intakes. Under that jet-inspired skin is a 345 horsepower engine, air suspension, and a host of luxury options, including an automatic headlight dimmer. We are unlikely to ever see such cars again.
- 1940 Cadillac Automobile - Cadillac's 1940 models received a revised front-end treatment with fewer, but thicker, horizontal bars in the grille. Two sets of louvered bars were added to each side of the hood. Prices ranged from $1,685 for a V-8 coupe to $7,175 for a V-16 town car. This photo shows a design proposal with a different front-end look.
- 1940
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1940 Cadillac Automobile
Cadillac's 1940 models received a revised front-end treatment with fewer, but thicker, horizontal bars in the grille. Two sets of louvered bars were added to each side of the hood. Prices ranged from $1,685 for a V-8 coupe to $7,175 for a V-16 town car. This photo shows a design proposal with a different front-end look.
- Cadillac - 1902-03 - This postcard, featuring an illustration of an early Cadillac runabout, was published by the Autoprints company of New York. Postcards like this were sold to visitors at Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in the 1950s. Cadillac, formed by Henry Leland in 1902, quickly earned a reputation for precision engineering and assembly.
- 1902-1903
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Cadillac - 1902-03
This postcard, featuring an illustration of an early Cadillac runabout, was published by the Autoprints company of New York. Postcards like this were sold to visitors at Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in the 1950s. Cadillac, formed by Henry Leland in 1902, quickly earned a reputation for precision engineering and assembly.
- 1915 Cadillac V-8 Touring Car - At a time when most American carmakers used four-cylinder engines, Cadillac boldly introduced the first high-production V-8 in its 1915 Type 51 model. The larger engine produced a smoother ride, and its technical sophistication furthered Cadillac's reputation for quality engineering. The company built just over 13,000 automobiles that year, and seven-passenger touring cars like this one sold for $1,975.
- 1915
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1915 Cadillac V-8 Touring Car
At a time when most American carmakers used four-cylinder engines, Cadillac boldly introduced the first high-production V-8 in its 1915 Type 51 model. The larger engine produced a smoother ride, and its technical sophistication furthered Cadillac's reputation for quality engineering. The company built just over 13,000 automobiles that year, and seven-passenger touring cars like this one sold for $1,975.
- Cadillac Motometer, circa 1925 - Automobiles often came without temperature gauges before the early 1930s, so enterprising manufacturers sold aftermarket motometers. Mounted on a car's radiator, these devices measured and displayed coolant water vapor temperature, notifying drivers if their automobiles were in danger of overheating. Moto-Meter Co. Inc. dominated the American market, producing the popular Boyce motometer and others featuring an automotive manufacturer's name or logo.
- circa 1925
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Cadillac Motometer, circa 1925
Automobiles often came without temperature gauges before the early 1930s, so enterprising manufacturers sold aftermarket motometers. Mounted on a car's radiator, these devices measured and displayed coolant water vapor temperature, notifying drivers if their automobiles were in danger of overheating. Moto-Meter Co. Inc. dominated the American market, producing the popular Boyce motometer and others featuring an automotive manufacturer's name or logo.
- 1957 Cadillac Advertisement, "Magnificent Beyond All Expectations!" - 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, and sophistication and power.
- 1957
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1957 Cadillac Advertisement, "Magnificent Beyond All Expectations!"
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, and sophistication and power.
- Advertisement, "Eldorado by Cadillac," 1955 - 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, and sophistication and power.
- April 01, 1955
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Advertisement, "Eldorado by Cadillac," 1955
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, and sophistication and power.
- Advertisement, "Cadillac: It's a 'Who's Who' of the Highway!," 1952 - 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, and sophistication and power.
- June 01, 1952
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Advertisement, "Cadillac: It's a 'Who's Who' of the Highway!," 1952
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, and sophistication and power.
- Advertisement, "The Christmas They'll Never Forget!," Cadillac, 1955 - 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, and sophistication and power.
- December 03, 1955
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Advertisement, "The Christmas They'll Never Forget!," Cadillac, 1955
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, and sophistication and power.
- Advertisement, "First Love of 20,000,000 Motorists!," Cadillac, 1953 - 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, and sophistication and power.
- 1953
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Advertisement, "First Love of 20,000,000 Motorists!," Cadillac, 1953
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, and sophistication and power.