1986 Dodge Caravan
date: label: date made
content: 1986
label: used date
content: 1986-2001
name: label: owner
content: Knoche, Fred
label: owner
content: Knoche, Maryann
label: maker
content: Chrysler Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In the late 1970s, Chrysler designed a small but spacious van that looked and handled like a station wagon. Introduced in late 1983, the Dodge Caravan was a major success. Strong sales helped Chrysler recover from its financial difficulties and upstage Japanese imports. Minivans were popular family vehicles; Fred and Maryann Knoche of suburban Detroit bought this one because their car was too small for family vacations. Short on style but long on utility, the Caravan and other minivans became identified with expanded work for homemakers. Maryann Knoche used this minivan to drive daughter Adrienne’s softball team to practice and games.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
label: used
content: United States: Michigan, Warren
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Daimler Chrysler Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0287.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0287
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0287.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 190 1/2 in x 69 5/8 in x 65 in; 483.87 cm x 176.784 cm x 165.1 cm