The Longest Running Auto Show
February 28, 2013 5:13 PM Subscribe
The 105th annual Chicago Auto Show has come and gone. Did you miss it this year? Have you missed it for the past 105 years? Enjoy this collection of programs covers and photos from every show, sorted by year. Warning: The '70s got a little bit brown.
A few Historical Highlights:
1961, The first year at McCormick Place
1967, The panic year when McCormick Place burned to the ground a month before the show
1971, The first year at the new McCormick Place
A few Historical Highlights:
1961, The first year at McCormick Place
1967, The panic year when McCormick Place burned to the ground a month before the show
1971, The first year at the new McCormick Place
Fantastic post.
Holy crap those '70s shows looked incredible. Hard to believe just how few some of those models actually sold. I actually owned a car from one of the 1981 show pictures. Exact same model, exact same color. Dodge Aries.
I just wish I could see those awesome car pics in a better resolution.
posted by Sphinx at 5:59 PM on February 28, 2013
Holy crap those '70s shows looked incredible. Hard to believe just how few some of those models actually sold. I actually owned a car from one of the 1981 show pictures. Exact same model, exact same color. Dodge Aries.
I just wish I could see those awesome car pics in a better resolution.
posted by Sphinx at 5:59 PM on February 28, 2013
Ha! The 1971 McCormick place one is just so optimistic about the new, futuristic convention center. Gone is the 1950s and 1960's cast concrete! Beautiful steeeel!
And then you drive past it and it's just a brown borg cube.
posted by gjc at 6:45 PM on February 28, 2013
And then you drive past it and it's just a brown borg cube.
posted by gjc at 6:45 PM on February 28, 2013
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