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Chrysler Salon, N.Y.C. [1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan in the showroom of the Chrysler Building] – Vintage Photo Print

Chrysler Salon, N.Y.C. [1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan in the showroom of the Chrysler Building], [1937] — historic photograph
Chrysler Salon, N.Y.C. [1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan in the showroom of the Chrysler Building], [1937]. Historic photograph 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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A window into the past: Chrysler Salon, N.Y.C. [1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan in the showroom of the Chrysler Building], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Chrysler Salon, N.Y.C. [1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan in the showroom of the Chrysler Building]

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Set in the showroom of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, this view shows a 1937 Chrysler Airflow four-door sedan, a car whose streamlined body was shaped with wind tunnel testing. Chrysler introduced the Airflow in 1934 as a break from boxy automobile styling, but buyers were slow to embrace its unfamiliar profile, and the company later softened the design. The photograph captures the automaker's effort to present its newest model in the Art Deco tower that carried its name, a showcase that reflected the confidence of the corporation during the late 1930s.

Created / published[1937]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesPublished in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1991:273.
SubjectsChrysler Corporation--Products--1930-1940. Automobiles--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,169 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218692

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