Globe Cords tire advertisement with touring car on coast road – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Globe Cords tire advertisement with touring car on coast road, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Globe Cords tire advertisement with touring car on coast road
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A Globe Cords tire advertisement set against a touring car on a coast road is an unusual pairing: the image sells the product by placing it in the open country of a long drive rather than in a showroom or a workshop. Early automobile advertising of this kind leaned on the promise of distance, showing motorists confidently reaching remote shorelines on rubber that could take the strain of rough roads and gravel. Tire makers of the period competed hard for the touring motorist, so the scene doubles as a snapshot of how the open road was being sold to Americans as a destination in its own right.
| Original scan | 603 × 800 px |
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| Reference | 918 |
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