The Pulse: A Jet-Age Autocycle Built in Michigan Something unusual crossed my desk this week—a 1985 Pulse sales folder. It’s items like these that make archival work so fun. Between the brochures and catalogs, we often find bold ideas and forgotten experiments that tell just...
The Real Fun of Driving: 1965 Chrysler-Dodge Comic Advertising Book During the mid-20th century, comic books were everywhere—sold at drugstores, read in classrooms, and passed around by teenagers. Companies quickly realized that the format wasn’t just entertainment; it was also a powerful way to communicate ideas. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, businesses, government agencies, and even the military...
Beyond the Showroom: The Overlooked World of Automotive Vinyl As vinyl records enjoy a renewed popularity among younger generations, they offer a timely reminder that records were once far more than entertainment. In the mid-20th century, American automakers embraced vinyl as an innovative marketing medium—using...