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| Title | Cars on display at Seattle Auto Show, Seattle, 1956 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1956 |
| Caption | The Seattle Automobile Dealers' Association opened its 1956 Auto Show in mid-January at the Field Artillery Armory. The display of over 100 domestic and foreign cars featured the latest in two- and three-tone color schemes and space-age styling.
In this photo, visitors to the 1956 Seattle Auto Show examine some of the new models on display. The building which housed the show is now Center House at Seattle Center. |
| Notes | Signs in image: 1956 Cavalcade of Cars. Pontiac. The New Cadillac. Packard Clipper. Packard. Chevrolet. Studebaker. Seattle's Buick Dealers. Austin-Healy. M-G. Packard. Hillman. Mercedes-Benz. Chrysler. Dodge. Ford. Ohhh those '56 Oldsmobiles!
Handwritten on sleeve: Autos - shows - Seattle - 1956.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 17, 1956. |
| Subjects | Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI20400 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
