Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin\u2013era showboat to sleek status symbol, complete with sleek hood ornament. Initially a novelty item, the car grew into a necessity of the modern age, and a vector of freedom on the open road.<\/p>\n
20th Century Classic Cars<\/em> offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin\u2013era showboat to sleek status symbol, complete with sleek hood ornament. Initially a novelty item, the car grew into a necessity of the modern age,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4520],"product_tag":[1651,216,4524,1681,1649,6107,6401,1683,6105],"class_list":["post-12380","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-motorsport-en","product_tag-advertising","product_tag-cars-en","product_tag-design-en-en","product_tag-history","product_tag-illustration","product_tag-industrial-design","product_tag-motorization","product_tag-pop-culture","product_tag-technique","pa_author_att-jim-heimann-en","pa_author_att-phil-patton-en","pa_cover-hardcover","pa_format-151-x-195-cm-en","pa_isbn-9783836546157-en","pa_language-eng-f-ger","pa_pages-592-en","pa_published-2014-en","pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nUsing imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels\u2014and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by New York Times<\/em> automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological innovations, major manufacturers and dealers, historical events, and influence of popular culture on car design. Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver\u2019s seat. A TASCHEN classic, now in a new size at an irresistible price!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"