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20th Century Classic Cars

AUTHOR Heimann, Jim; Patton, Phil
PUBLISHER Taschen (12/22/2022)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver's seat. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection.

Using imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels--and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by former New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological innovations, major manufacturers and dealers, historical events, and influence of popular culture on car design.

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ISBN-13: 9783836546157
ISBN-10: 3836546159
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: Multiple Languages
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Page Count: 592
Carton Quantity: 10
Product Dimensions: 6.10 x 1.50 x 7.80 inches
Weight: 2.50 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Dust Cover, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated, Multi-Lingual
Country of Origin: AT
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Transportation | Automotive - Pictorial
Transportation | Graphic Arts - Advertising
Transportation | Advertising & Promotion
Dewey Decimal: 659.196
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Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver's seat. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection.

Using imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels--and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by former New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological innovations, major manufacturers and dealers, historical events, and influence of popular culture on car design.

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Author: Patton, Phil
Joseph Rosa is Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and author of "Next Generation Architecture; "Phil Patton is the author of numerous books on industrial design and a frequent contributor to the "New York Times, ID magazine, Wired, and ""Esquire; "Virginia Postrel is author of "The Substance of Style; "Valerie Steele is director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and author of "The Corset: A Cultural History and ""Fashion Italian Style, "both published by Yale University Press; Ruth Keffer is curatorial associate for architecture and design at SFMOMA and a contributor to "Surface" magazine.
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