[Page of advertisement for Oldsmobile automobiles, showing a 1958 Oldsmobile and bridge] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Page of advertisement for Oldsmobile automobiles, showing a 1958 Oldsmobile and bridge], 1958 Feb. 18. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3b/3be6ea7a0edc-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures [Page of advertisement for Oldsmobile automobiles, showing a 1958 Oldsmobile and bridge] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Page of advertisement for Oldsmobile automobiles, showing a 1958 Oldsmobile and bridge]
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A 1958 Oldsmobile shares this full-page color advertisement with a bridge, a pairing that presents the car as part of the open road. The ad appeared on page 12 of the February 18, 1958, issue of *Look*, a large-circulation general-interest magazine that carried many color automobile advertisements in the 1950s. Those ads, often produced by General Motors divisions such as Oldsmobile, were a major part of the postwar push to sell new models through glossy, aspirational imagery. The halftone color printing lets the car's paint and chrome stand out, which was the point of the layout.
| Created / published | 1958 Feb. 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1950-1960.Advertisements 1950-1960.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Look, 1958 Feb. 18, p. 12. |
| Subjects | General Motors Corporation.--Oldsmobile Division--Products--1950-1960. Automobiles--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,893 × 6,118 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216606 |
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