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Auto America: Car Culture: 1950s-1970s--PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN G. ZIMMERMAN

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A glorious and nostalgic celebration of a defining period in American car culture—the 1950s to the 1970s, the golden age of Detroit’s icons of the road—when automobile design was at its peak and the car itself was synonymous with a vision of success in America. Auto America offers a compelling look at three decades (the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s) of America’s fascination with the automobile. At a time when self-driving vehicles and climate change are transforming driving around the world, John G. Zimmerman’s pictures capture the optimism and even utopianism of a beloved period in American car culture. Many of Zimmerman’s photographs were originally taken for Life, Time, and Sports Illustrated magazines and highlight diverse aspects of America’s auto industry at its zenith; they feature not only iconic cars of the era, which Zimmerman chronicled comprehensively at car shows and in studio assignments throughout the period, but also a behind-the-scenes look at the people who designed, built, collected, exhibited, and raced them. With more than 200 photographs and drawing on the John G. Zimmerman Archive’s collection—including his best-known photographs of Fords, Chryslers, and GMs in their heyday alongside ephemera, tear sheets, and outtakes from his assignments—the book celebrates the automobile’s central place in American culture during those decades when the timeless silhouettes of classic cars ruled the roads. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli


Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2022


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0847872742


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 49


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.29 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.4 x 0.99 x 11.3 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #465,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #54 in Antique & Collectible Transportation (Books) #177 in Classic Cars (Books) #232 in Automotive History (Books)


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  • Stunning and totally worth it
Format: Hardcover
Beautiful book! Perfect for the classic automobile lover or photography enthusiast / collector — I’m always looking for great gifts and great coffee table books and this is both!
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2025 by Anna Arrow

  • Beautiful book.
Format: Hardcover
As a product of the 50’s, I love automobile styling. In those halcyon days when styling was king, and practicality and safety were nonissues, huge metal luxo-barges plied the roads, en force. America was still flush with victory after WWII, and no righteous American would ever dream of buying a Japanese or German product. It was all about the seemingly limitless future, and these consumer products were, and are, a testament to that naïve optimism. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024 by Johnny Soul

  • Beautiful Nostalgic Car Book
Format: Hardcover
This was a gift for my Dad whom has Dementia . He loves looking at this book of all the old cars !
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024 by Karen Baas

  • Great Christmas gift
Format: Hardcover
My grandma saw this book in the newspaper and was very intrigued so I got it to gift to him for Christmas. It’s the perfect gift!
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2022 by Karen

  • A photographic pioneer
Format: Hardcover
Until the arrival of this book, I was unaware of photographer John G. Zimmerman, though as I paged through I realized I was very familiar with his work. Remember the 1959 Sports Illustrated cover photo of Phil Hill sitting on his Ferrari? Zimmerman took that photo. Or perhaps you remember the photo of Henry Ford II sitting at the wheel of a 1955 Thunderbird with the company’s new board chairman, Ernie Breech, riding shotgun? Again, Zimmerman’s work. During a career that spanned most of the second half of the 21st Century, Zimmerman, who died in 2002, shot for Time, Life, Ebony, the Saturday Evening Post, and was responsible for 107 Sports Illustrated covers. He was a photographic pioneer, among the first to put cameras inside a hockey goalie’s net and above a basketball hoop, to use strobe lighting and remote-control cameras and kaleidoscopic lenses, and he created the Motion Machine that could share the sensation of speed by keeping a car in focus while the background was blurred. The book is a tribute to their parents by Linda, Greg and Darryl Zimmerman, and has an introduction that puts the images and Zimmerman’s life in context by former Sports Illustrated editor Terry McDonnell. The book shares photos of the mid-century Detroit dream cars, early car shows in Detroit and New York, images from inside automotive design studios and along assembly lines, the blaze at a GM transmission plant that at the time was the largest industrial fire in US history, cars being used to transport everyone from a mob boss to a couple of New York Yankees emerging in uniform from a cab to take part in a spring training game, a wonderful black-and-white series on used car dealerships, and shots from the race tracks. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022 by Larry Edsall

  • A Classic beauty
Format: Hardcover
I have followed Sports Illustrated for more than 50 years and knew of John Zimmerman's great work, especially for football stories and a few Swimsuit classic images. But this book is a car lovers dream - "beauty shots," racing images I didn't recall from the magazine and all kids of classic cars, tainfins and all! You really could sit with this book for hours! The title says it all" Auto America Car Culture" encompasses both great cars and slices of America's long love affair with the automobile. Great book and a great Christmas (or birthday) gift for me by my kids! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2023 by Dennis Perola

  • Huge disappointment
Format: Hardcover
I have several books on 50's-60's cars. I love the cars and the books. This book looked so promising partly due to the high cost. I browsed through it for about 2 hours, and then, feeling I had been at best misled, drove to St Vincent dePaul and donated it. Very few pictures, and sorry, but isn't that the main point of enjoyment you expect. Im just surprised the book received so many positive reviews. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025 by jim king

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