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Main Chronological Archives: 1950s

The 1950s
Main Chronological Archives

The 1950s were a Golden Age of the now classic American automobile, the country celebrating its new prosperity with brand new giant cars painted in pastel colors, embellished with chrome inside & out. For American teenagers, modified pre-war cars were the foundation of the new "hot rod" culture.

In Europe, recovering from the Second World War and coming to grips with life on both sides of the Iron Curtain, the automobile industry had a vastly different feel. While most of the industry was focused on providing transportation for a rebuilding continent, the Formula 1 World Championship began and the wider world learns what would become one of the most iconic names in automobile history: Ferrari.

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Year	69 Articles	Multimedia 24:27:10 00:00 0 sets	Publications 3,900 pages 199 documents	Motorsports
1959	3	Video 1:58:11	214 pages · 17 documents
1958	5	Video 1:21:57	326 pages · 17 documents
1957	8	Video 2:10:29	Patents: 19 pages · 14 documents Other: 462 pages · 23 documents
1956	3	Video 4:16:34	768 pages · 16 documents
1955	4	Video 3:57:07	317 pages · 17 documents
1954	16	Video 2:57:40	198 pages · 15 documents
1953	5	Video 1:37:25	387 pages · 22 documents
1952	22	Video 1:20:22	611 pages · 25 documents
1951	2	Video 1:51:14	272 pages · 17 documents	Stock Car
1950	1	Video 2:56:11	326 pages · 16 documents	Open Wheel Stock Car

Article and Document counts updated 8 October 2020.


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