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1	Title:	Virgil M. Exner papers, 1913-1986	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	1741
	Creator:	Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max), 1909-1973
	Abstract:	Virgil Exner was an automobile designer who worked for General Motors, Studebaker, Chrysler, and his own company Virgil Exner, Inc. The collection consists of concept and engineering drawings, renderings, photographs, correspondence and art work.
	Subjects:	Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max), 1909-1973 \| Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max) Jr. \| Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986 \| Virgil Exner, Inc. \| Automobile industry and trade. \| Automobiles--Design and construction. \| Industrial designers. \| Chrysler automobile. \| General Motors automobiles. \| Bugatti automobile. \| Duesenberg automobile. \| Advertising--Automobiles \| Boats and boating--Design and construction. \| Design drawings. \| Sketches. \| Photographs.
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2	Title:	Automotive product literature collection, 1895-ongoing	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	175
	Creator:	Benson Ford Research Center
	Abstract:	The Automotive Product Literature collection is an intentionally assembled collection of sales, promotional and informational material published by automotive manufacturers and used primarily by automotive dealers or sales agents to market and sell automobiles. The collection includes sales brochures, press kits, press releases, service bulletins, photographs, comparative literature, color and trim books and color chips, salesman's manuals, owner's manuals and reference books for over 1000 past and present automobile manufacturers worldwide.
	Subjects:	Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile dealers \| Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc. \| Automobiles, Foreign \| Automobiles, Steam \| Edsel automobile \| Automobiles, Electric \| Ford automobile \| General Motors automobiles \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Marketing \| Sales promotion \| Press releases \| Ford Motor Company. \| General Motors Corporation \| Brochures \| Manuals (instructional materials). \| Photographs \| Publications \| Sales catalogs
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3	Title:	Automotive (Non-Ford) Advertisements collection, circa 1900-circa 1991	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	657
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives.
	Abstract:	This collection contains advertising tear sheets, advertising proof sheets and advertisements clipped from periodicals on all automotive subjects except those related to Ford Motor Company.
	Subjects:	Advertising--Automobiles \| Advertising--Magazine \| Advertising--Transportation \| American Motors automobiles \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Parts. \| Buick automobile \| Cadillac automobile \| Chevrolet automobile \| Chrysler automobile \| DeSoto automobile \| Dodge automobile \| Franklin automobile \| General Motors automobiles \| GMC trucks \| Hudson automobile \| Locomobile automobile \| Marmon automobile \| Nash automobiles \| Oldsmobile automobiles. \| Packard automobile \| Pierce-Arrow automobile \| Plymouth automobile \| Pontiac automobile \| Studebaker automobile \| Advertisements. \| Tear sheets.
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4	Title:	P.J. Gaughan collection, 1952-1967	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	1686
	Creator:	Gaughan, P.J.
	Abstract:	P. J. Gaughan was a product planning executive in the Central Product Planning Office (CPPO) in the mid 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, the CPPO assembled a large collection of photographs, taken at various auto shows, which were used by the Ford Motor Company Car Product Planning Department to analyze the styling of competitor cars between 1951 and 1967.
	Subjects:	Gaughan, P. J. \| Ford Motor Company. Product Planning and Design Department. Central Product Planning Office. \| Ford Motor Company--Exhibitions. \| Detroit Auto Show. \| General Motors Motorama. \| New York International Auto Show. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Exhibitions. \| Automobiles--Design and construction. \| Experimental automobiles \| Exhibitions--Detroit. \| Exhibitions--New York. \| Exhibitions--Chicago. \| Sports cars \| Ford automobile \| Thunderbird automobile \| General Motors automobiles \| Photographs. \| Photographic prints
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