American Automobiles
This is a very popular subject, but it is also an enormous one.
We plan to publish a poster showing representative cars
of each decade of the 20th century. All of these posters
use the same format, permitting several different ones
to be displayed together as a matched set. 33
representative cars are shown. There will be three of
each year plus three others that can be used for any
year.
The goal is provide a comprehensive overview of the subject.
Whenever possible, it will show cars made by all
manufacturers such as the now-defunct Hudson, Packard
and Studebaker. Tastes in body styles changes, and some
terms are no longer used, such as roadster and coupe.
There have been many milestone cars such as the first
Corvette and Thunderbird. Of course, we can't leave out
the famous short-lived cars like the Edsel.
We just published
American Automobiles 1930-1939 and
American Automobiles 1950-1959. Each of these
posters requires a great deal of research. The hardest
job is deciding which ones to show as there is so much
to choose from. The outstanding and highly-detailed
original illustrations are time-consuming to create, but
we will be working toward publishing two new posters
every year. Next will be American Automobiles 1940-1949
and American Automobiles 1960-1969.
STATUS: Now in development.