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[Auto and aircraft growth, 1945-1955] – Antique Wall Art

[Auto and aircraft growth, 1945-1955] — historic image
[Auto and aircraft growth, 1945-1955]. Historic image from the Automobiles collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of [Auto and aircraft growth, 1945-1955]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A statistical graph from the Civil Aeronautics era sets the automobile and aircraft industries side by side across the decade from 1945 to 1955. The record describes it as a reproduction of a drawing, and its caption card is labeled as unverified, so the exact figures it plots should be read with caution. Postwar America saw car production surge as factories returned to civilian work, while commercial aviation was expanding quickly on the back of wartime engineering. A chart like this reflects the era's confidence that both industries would drive national growth.

Medium1 item.
Notes[between 1945 and 1955]
SubjectsStatistical graph produced by Civil Aeronautics. Reproduction of drawing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Advertisements--Misc.; U.S. Civil Aeronautics; Auto Industry; Aviation; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,382 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137044

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