1950 Buick Super Sedan
1950 Buick Super Sedan
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- By the 1920s, Buick cars were considered a luxurious, upscale choice. Growing sales in the early 1950s reflected the strong appeal of style, comfort, and roominess to middle-class families. More Americans were choosing cars that matched their affluence, taste for fine consumer goods, child-raising responsibilities, and mobile lifestyle. By 1954, Buick had become the third best-selling car in America. This car belonged to Clara Fultz Bentz, a small business owner who ran a lingerie shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In addition to its spacious, plush interior, it featured optional Dynaflow automatic transmission.
- Object Name
- automobile
- Date made
- 1950
- maker
- Buick Motor Company
- General Motors Corporation
- used
- United States: West Virginia, Martinsburg
- Measurements
- overall: 6 ft x 6 7/16 ft x 17 1/4 ft; 1.8288 m x 1.9556 m x 5.2578 m
- ID Number
- 2002.0266.01
- accession number
- 2002.0266
- catalog number
- 2002.0266.01
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Automobiles
- Road Transportation
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America on the Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Comments
This picture triggered all sorts of nostalgia for me. My parents bought a brand new 1950 Buick Super in 1950. Same body style, same color. I was 12 years old at that time. It was the family car until 1977. I took my road test for my driver's license in it and probably put 30,000 really hard miles on it. I didn't like it too much at the time because the Dynaflow made it pretty slow on the takeoff. But it was obviously a well engineered and reliable machine because, as hard as I tried, I was unable to kill it. How I would love to own the pictured pristine example today.
Bill Hungerford
Tue, 2018-01-09 15:46
David Ziegler
Tue, 2019-04-23 08:26