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The 1940s

Category: Chronological Archive
Description: 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.
Page Sections: Publications · Articles

Publications

Nineteen Fifty
Books (65 pages · 1 book) Periodicals (148 pages · 6 issues) Litigation (1 page · 1 document) Other (260 pages · 14 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-One
Periodicals (242 pages · 9 issues) Litigation (2 pages · 2 documents) Other (190 pages · 12 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Two
Periodicals (558 pages · 17 issues) Other (215 pages · 14 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Three
Periodicals (360 pages · 11 issues) Litigation (2 pages · 2 documents) Other (198 pages · 14 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Four
Periodicals (172 pages · 6 issues) Litigation (1 page · 1 document) Other (197 pages · 14 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Five
Periodicals (305 pages · 15 issues) Other (245 pages · 15 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Six
Books (699 pages · 2 books) Periodicals (485 pages · 29 issues) Litigation (2 pages · 2 documents) Other (1,609 pages · 15 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Seven
Books (7 pages · 0 books) Periodicals (686 pages · 36 issues) Patents (19 pages · 14 patents) Litigation (3 pages · 3 documents) Other (279 pages · 14 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Eight
Periodicals (432 pages · 26 issues) Litigation (86 pages · 2 documents) Other (217 pages · 13 documents)
Nineteen Fifty-Nine
Periodicals (384 pages · 30 issues) Litigation (2 pages · 2 documents) Other (376 pages · 16 documents)


Articles

1950 (1 article) 1951 (2 articles) 1952 (25 articles) 1953 (5 articles) 1954 (16 articles)
1955 (11 articles) 1956 (3 articles) 1957 (8 articles) 1958 (5 articles) 1959 (3 articles)

1950s
Home page banner image: a scene from the 1956 film Hot Rod Girl.




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