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- Baltimore Automobile Show Program, January 1925 - Auto shows have been around nearly as long as the automobile itself. These events gave carmakers an opportunity to share their latest models with the press and the public. They also gave visitors a chance to research their next new-car purchase. This program is from a 1925 show in Maryland organized by the Baltimore Automobile Trade Association.
- 17 January 1925-24 January 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Baltimore Automobile Show Program, January 1925
Auto shows have been around nearly as long as the automobile itself. These events gave carmakers an opportunity to share their latest models with the press and the public. They also gave visitors a chance to research their next new-car purchase. This program is from a 1925 show in Maryland organized by the Baltimore Automobile Trade Association.
- First Annual International Motor Sports Show Program, New York, New York, March-April 1952 - Radio and television humorist (and vintage automobile collector) Herb Shriner organized New York's first International Motor Sports Show in 1952. The annual event, which ran through 1954, brought together approximately 100 foreign and domestic sports cars, race cars, concept cars, and production automobiles.
- 29 March 1952-06 April 1952
- Collections - Artifact
First Annual International Motor Sports Show Program, New York, New York, March-April 1952
Radio and television humorist (and vintage automobile collector) Herb Shriner organized New York's first International Motor Sports Show in 1952. The annual event, which ran through 1954, brought together approximately 100 foreign and domestic sports cars, race cars, concept cars, and production automobiles.
- Official Program for the 43rd Inauguration, 1957 - From 1952 through 1972 Rockwell created portraits of the major party candidates for the presidency. By the mid-1950s his images became so iconic enough that he was commissioned by the Republican Party to illustrate the cover of the 1957 inaugural program, featuring President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon.
- 1957
- Collections - Artifact
Official Program for the 43rd Inauguration, 1957
From 1952 through 1972 Rockwell created portraits of the major party candidates for the presidency. By the mid-1950s his images became so iconic enough that he was commissioned by the Republican Party to illustrate the cover of the 1957 inaugural program, featuring President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon.
- Detroit Auto Dealers Association Eighteenth Annual Automotive Show Program, March 1919 - Detroit's 1919 auto show was staged at the large Crosstown Garage Building on Woodward Avenue. The garage was decorated for the event with illuminated crystals and a multi-color fountain surrounded by an Italian-inspired balustrade. Some 350 cars and trucks filled the show's 50,000 square feet. Admission was 50 cents, plus a five-cent war tax.
- 01 March 1919-08 March 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Auto Dealers Association Eighteenth Annual Automotive Show Program, March 1919
Detroit's 1919 auto show was staged at the large Crosstown Garage Building on Woodward Avenue. The garage was decorated for the event with illuminated crystals and a multi-color fountain surrounded by an Italian-inspired balustrade. Some 350 cars and trucks filled the show's 50,000 square feet. Admission was 50 cents, plus a five-cent war tax.
- National Automobile Show Program, "Motordom on Parade," New York, New York, November 1935 - Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- 02 November 1935-09 November 1935
- Collections - Artifact
National Automobile Show Program, "Motordom on Parade," New York, New York, November 1935
Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- First International Automobile Show Program, New York, New York, February 1949 - Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- 05 February 1949-10 February 1949
- Collections - Artifact
First International Automobile Show Program, New York, New York, February 1949
Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- Souvenir Theater Program for "The Green Pastures," 1931 -
- 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Theater Program for "The Green Pastures," 1931
- Toledo Automobile Dealers' Association (T.A.D.A.) Automobile Show Program, January 1912 - Auto shows gave carmakers an opportunity to share their latest models with the press and the public. They also gave visitors a chance to research their next new-car purchase. This program is from a 1912 show sponsored by a dealers' association in Toledo, Ohio.
- 15 January 1912-20 January 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Toledo Automobile Dealers' Association (T.A.D.A.) Automobile Show Program, January 1912
Auto shows gave carmakers an opportunity to share their latest models with the press and the public. They also gave visitors a chance to research their next new-car purchase. This program is from a 1912 show sponsored by a dealers' association in Toledo, Ohio.