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...
From the Archives: The Sound of Industry — The Nash Motors Company Band A recent discovery in the Merrick Auto Museum archives highlights a fascinating intersection of music and manufacturing—a sheet music piece titled The Nash March, published by the Nash Motors Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin.At first glance, it is a lively arrangement for cornets and clarinets, but this artifact...
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...