Cars
Nothing established a buyer's status in the North American social fabric than the kind of car they drove. There were Cadillacs, Continentals, and New Yorkers for the money boys, Plymouths, Fords and Chevys for the rest of us.
These ads will take you back to a time when each carmaker had their own style. Designers of the 1950s went to great lengths (sometimes literally) to catch the eyes of consumers and chrome and color were everywhere.
