Tailfins: Classic Car Ads Thumb through an old magazine—were talking pretty old here—and you’re likely to come across car ads that featured vehicles staged in images with jet aircraft. In fact, we have a collection of such ads...

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But which car wore them best? #Tailfins #Design #Fifties #Sixties #Advertising

Tuesday, Feb 3, 1948: Cadillac introduced the first tailfins, inspired by WWII fighter planes like the P-38. Harley Earl’s bold design launched a styling craze that sent tailfins soaring across the auto industry. 🚗✨
#OnThisDay #Cadillac #Tailfins #AutoHistory #ClassicCars

1960 Plymouth Station Wagon Tailfins One of the worst stylistic designs of excess in automobiles 35mm slides Upstate NY 1972

Motel Sign 35mm slides Upstate NY 1972

1960 Plymouth Station Wagon Tailfins & Motel Sign
One of the worst stylistic designs of excess in automobiles
Classic Advertising Sign
35mm slides Upstate NY 1972 #1960s #tailfins #35mmslides #photography #upstateny #ny #cars #automobiles #signs #motels #stationwagons ©1972 Mark Forman Prods.,Corp.

Long limbed Chrystina at Dubuque Iowa. The car is awesome too. 1960 Ford Ranchwagon. #tailfins #3onthetree #legsandheels #classiccar #green #teensybikini #ford #pinup

#blueskyartshow #monochrome #black&white #photo #FebruArty #car #tailfins

“Get Out of Dodge”

The West Village, NYC, circa 1983

Leica M4
35 Summicron

©️Robert E. Klurfield

#bnw #streetphotography #nyc #film #monochrome #blackandwhite #noiretblanc #negroyblanco #streetscene #tailfins #transit #vintagedodge #olddodge