1950 Buick Super Sedan
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Buick Motor Company
label: maker
content: General Motors Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: By the 1920s, Buick cars were considered a luxurious, upscale choice. Growing sales in the early 1950s reflected the strong appeal of style, comfort, and roominess to middle-class families. More Americans were choosing cars that matched their affluence, taste for fine consumer goods, child-raising responsibilities, and mobile lifestyle. By 1954, Buick had become the third best-selling car in America. This car belonged to Clara Fultz Bentz, a small business owner who ran a lingerie shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In addition to its spacious, plush interior, it featured optional Dynaflow automatic transmission.
place: label: used
content: United States: West Virginia, Martinsburg
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0266.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0266
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0266.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 ft x 6 7/16 ft x 17 1/4 ft; 1.8288 m x 1.9556 m x 5.2578 m