Taillight, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
notes: label: Description
content: This is the taillight 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 taillight 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kathleen Franz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3079.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3079.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: light
label: Object Name
content: taillight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overal material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm