Tail Light, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
date: label: date made
content: 1959
notes: label: Description
content: This is the tail light assembly for the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. The Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz was a top-of-the-line convertible that epitomized the tailfin era of automobile design. Cadillac introduced its fin styling in the 1940s, and its popularity grew over the next few decades. The distinctive twin-bullet tail light assembly braced into the rear of the fins of the Eldorado.
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3088.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3088.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3088
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tail light housing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: chrome finish (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall each: 15 in x 7 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 19.05 cm x 29.21 cm