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advertising Archive
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![Anyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LIFE-1956-04-23-crop.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth”")
1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth”
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 25 CommentsAnyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […] -
![It probably comes as no secret to those who read my periodic articles here on CC that I have a tendency to save stuff. By stuff I am not talking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC_0666.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive Calendars: The Ephemera That Keeps On Giving")
Automotive Calendars: The Ephemera That Keeps On Giving
Posted on July 8, 2025 | 28 CommentsIt probably comes as no secret to those who read my periodic articles here on CC that I have a tendency to save stuff. By stuff I am not talking […] -
![Technology and advertising go hand in hand, and as photography and printing tools improved throughout the 20th century, printed ads made a distinct transition from illustration to photography. Photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot_20230623-014253s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Advertising: The Illustrated Shelby – Beginnings")
Vintage Advertising: The Illustrated Shelby – Beginnings
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 12 CommentsTechnology and advertising go hand in hand, and as photography and printing tools improved throughout the 20th century, printed ads made a distinct transition from illustration to photography. Photo […] -
![(first published 8/31/2011) In its last two years, Studebaker blasted more new or heavily revised vehicles out the door than at any time after World War II. The GT Hawk, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Lark-wagonaire.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Selling the ’63 Studebaker Wagonaire")
Automotive History: Selling the ’63 Studebaker Wagonaire
Posted on April 22, 2021 | 38 Comments(first published 8/31/2011) In its last two years, Studebaker blasted more new or heavily revised vehicles out the door than at any time after World War II. The GT Hawk, […] -
Classic Advertising: A Selection Of Dealership Badges
Posted on October 12, 2019 | 57 CommentsLast month Jim wrote about car badges. This led to some discussion about the quite obscure subject of car dealership badges.
