Archive of approximately 570 vernacular color photographs from the Chicago Auto Show, 1979-1990
- N.p.: N.p., 1990
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Archive of approximately 570 vernacular color photographs of the Chicago Auto Show, housed in two generic photograph albums with plastic overlays, covering every year from 1979 through 1990, lacking 1981.
The first photograph album, a blue 3-ring binder of 58 leaves with a "Chicago Auto Show Pictures" label on the front board, contains approximately 320 photographs housed on the rectos and versos of the leaves, and has ink annotations on the verso of the front board noting the years 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, and "David Hasslehoff" (a guest at the 1983 Chicago Auto Show). The vast majority of photographs in this album are 5 x 3.5 inch photographs, with approximately 40 3.5 x 3.5 inch photographs.
The second photograph album, a green 3-ring binder of approximately 53 leaves with a "Chicago Auto Show Pictures" label on the front board, contains approximately 250 photographs housed on the rectos and versos of the leaves, and has ink annotations on the verso of the front board noting the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and "William Perry, The Refrigerator" (a guest at the 1986 Chicago Auto Show). The vast majority of photographs in this album are 5 x 3.5 inches, with eleven 4.25 x 3.5 inch photographs.
A sizable photographic archive documenting eleven years of a devoted fan's annual trips to the Chicago Auto Show throughout the 1980s. The majority of the photographs depict the displayed vehicles with their attending female models and performers, as well as the lavish booths and fashions of the 1980s. A documentation of a transitional decade for the US automobile, as the behemoths of the late 1970s evolved into the more compact and fuel-efficient Japanese-influenced models emergent by 1990.
The Chicago Auto Show was begun in 1901 by bicycle show promoter Samuel Miles, and quickly rose to prominence, often regarded as the "National Auto Show" by the early 1930s. World War II curtailed the production of motor vehicles for consumers and as a result, the Chicago Auto Show was not held between 1941 and 1949. In 1961 the Chicago Auto Show was moved from the International Amphitheatre to its current location at McCormick Place. It is currently the largest auto show in the United States.
Photograph Albums, 11.5 x 11 inches. Albums and photographs, all Near Fine.
The first photograph album, a blue 3-ring binder of 58 leaves with a "Chicago Auto Show Pictures" label on the front board, contains approximately 320 photographs housed on the rectos and versos of the leaves, and has ink annotations on the verso of the front board noting the years 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, and "David Hasslehoff" (a guest at the 1983 Chicago Auto Show). The vast majority of photographs in this album are 5 x 3.5 inch photographs, with approximately 40 3.5 x 3.5 inch photographs.
The second photograph album, a green 3-ring binder of approximately 53 leaves with a "Chicago Auto Show Pictures" label on the front board, contains approximately 250 photographs housed on the rectos and versos of the leaves, and has ink annotations on the verso of the front board noting the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and "William Perry, The Refrigerator" (a guest at the 1986 Chicago Auto Show). The vast majority of photographs in this album are 5 x 3.5 inches, with eleven 4.25 x 3.5 inch photographs.
A sizable photographic archive documenting eleven years of a devoted fan's annual trips to the Chicago Auto Show throughout the 1980s. The majority of the photographs depict the displayed vehicles with their attending female models and performers, as well as the lavish booths and fashions of the 1980s. A documentation of a transitional decade for the US automobile, as the behemoths of the late 1970s evolved into the more compact and fuel-efficient Japanese-influenced models emergent by 1990.
The Chicago Auto Show was begun in 1901 by bicycle show promoter Samuel Miles, and quickly rose to prominence, often regarded as the "National Auto Show" by the early 1930s. World War II curtailed the production of motor vehicles for consumers and as a result, the Chicago Auto Show was not held between 1941 and 1949. In 1961 the Chicago Auto Show was moved from the International Amphitheatre to its current location at McCormick Place. It is currently the largest auto show in the United States.
Photograph Albums, 11.5 x 11 inches. Albums and photographs, all Near Fine.