AA-2026-02E0D4
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Three women in full-skirted coats and scarves pose in front of a large outdoor display for the Allison Division of General Motors, the backdrop painted in bold yellow and orange with a giant propeller hub at center and silhouettes of the Turboliner and Navy Convair R3Y lettered alongside. The Allison Division made its name supplying turboprop and piston engines to the military, and in the 1950s General Motors had every reason to believe the future of aviation ran through Indianapolis. The women hold pamphlets — the era's proof that you had engaged seriously with an exhibit — and are dressed for a public occasion, not a factory tour. Behind them, marigolds ring the display in the tidy optimism that trade fairs of the period required. Someone thought to photograph the women rather than the hardware, which means the hardware is now the more interesting part of the frame.
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Three Women at Allison Division / General Motors Exhibit, 1950s Air Show. 1953–1958. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-02E0D4. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/three-women-at-allison-division-general-motors-exhibit-1950s-air-show.
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year = {1953–1958},
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