Scrapbook of automobiles

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0009

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

Created by an unknown individual, this scrapbook contains advertisements for automobiles clipped from magazines published during the 1950s, particularly the Saturday Evening Post, plus an occasional newspaper clipping.

The advertisements cover a wide range of new model domestic and foreign makes of automobiles, including obsolete companies such as Kaiser Automobile, Studebaker Automobile, Nash Motors, Packard, Stutz, and DeSoto. Some of the advertisements feature images and information about antique cars, while others depict unique foreign vehicles such as the Isetta and Veedol. A 1952 advertisement chronicles the history of Studebaker Automobile as the corporation celebrated its one-hundreth anniversary.

Although most of the advertisements are sponsored by automobile companies, some are courtesy of companies which manufacture automotive products, such as the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Gulf Oil Corporation.

The images and text in this scrapbook provide a historical record of new automobiles during the 1950s, as well as a glimpse of American advertising during the period.

Dates

Creation: 1936-1954
Creation: Majority of material found within 1950-1954

Creator

Creator unidentified (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Historical Note

This scrapbook was created by an unknown individual, probably during the mid-1950s.

Information derived from the scrapbook.

Extent

1 volume (48 pages) ; 36 x 31 cm

Additional Description

Abstract

This single volume scrapbook contains advertisements for automobiles, as clipped from magazines published during the 1950s, particularly the Saturday Evening Post, plus an occasional newspaper clipping.