24 Fabulous Color Photos of the Auto Shows From the 1950s

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The 1950s cars became lower, longer, and wider. The early 1950s saw the rise of chrome on cars, as an increasingly opulent society flourished in the United States. Many of the automobiles of the time were designed by stylists who took their influence from the transport industry in general and therefore used ideas from both planes and trains prevailing during that time.

With the advent of the jet age in the 1950s came technological and design breakthroughs in the automobile. One of those was the speed with which the automobile, despite complicated compound curves and forms, could be manufactured.

The jet set lifestyle had captured the hearts of the American public and car designers of the time exploited this fascination to turn out ordinarily plain-looking family cars to come out with wings, turbines and afterburner tail lights.

Here below is a set of fabulous color photos from Dave Gelinas that shows the auto shows from the 1950s.