Cadillac Salesmen's Books and Automobile Trade Literature Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Anderson, John R.
label: Names
content: Cadillac Motor Car Company
label: Names
content: Chrysler Corporation
label: Names
content: Hupp Motor Company
label: Names
content: Nash Motors Company
label: Names
content: Packard Motor Car Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Advertising, magazine -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Automobile industry and trade
label: Topic
content: Upholstery
label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1920-1990
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by John R. Anderson, 2016.
creator: label: Collector
content: Anderson, John R.
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content: Cadillac Salesmen's Books and Automobile Trade Literature Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of Cadillace salemen's data books and automobile advertisements.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920s-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1401
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Illustrations
label: Type
content: Guidebooks
label: Type
content: Handbooks
label: Type
content: Samples
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Advertising
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Cadillac salesmen's books, 1963-1978

Series 2: Automobile trade literature, 1920s-1986.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrations
label: Genre/Form
content: Guidebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Handbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Samples
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains guidebooks issued to Cadillac salesmen containing images of vehicles, and data on the specifications, options and features of the vehicles. Many of the books contain upholstery samples from which buyers could choose. Also included are color print advertisements for luxury vehicles, including Cadillac, Packard, Willys-Knight, Nash, Chrysler, and Hupmobile; and advertising booklets for consumers extolling the features of the new models of Lincoln and Lincoln Mercury vehicles, 1956-1986;