Side view of 1947 Studebaker automobile in driveway

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A side view of a 1947 Studebaker parked in a driveway makes a useful snapshot of the American car market just after World War II. Studebaker, a South Bend, Indiana, manufacturer with roots in wagon building, introduced its postwar models in 1947 with streamlined bodies that broke sharply from prewar designs. Cars of this period were in high demand after years of wartime production halts, and many families who bought one were among the first to own a new automobile since 1941. The caption card gives no date for the photograph itself, so the picture is best read as a record of the car's design rather than a fixed moment in time.

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