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Title
General Motors Motorama
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated April 11, 1959 reads, "Spectators of the preview of General Motors Motorama just didn't know which way to turn last night to make a definite decision on which car they'd like to won. Milling around in the Shrine Convention Hall, they were awed by the sparkle of Cadillacs, Pontiacs, Chevrolets, Buicks, Oldsmobiles--streamlined 'dream cars' with new type bodies mode of glass fiber and reinforced plastic."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;27 x 35 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00105785
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3537
CARL0005264842
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31202
Subject
General Motors Motorama
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Corporation.--Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation.--Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation.--Oldsmobile Division
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Buick Motor Company
Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles
Automobile industry and trade--California--Los Angeles--Employees
Pontiac automobile
Cadillac automobile
Buick automobile
Oldsmobile automobile
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Los Angeles
Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Motor Car Dealers Association of Los Angeles

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