Revel in rural eccentricity at the Ugly Pickup Parade in Chadron, Nebraska, today!
Our entry would be this abandoned wreck, photographed by Danny Lyon in New Mexico!
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Car Culture
Revel in rural eccentricity at the Ugly Pickup Parade in Chadron, Nebraska, today!
Our entry would be this abandoned wreck, photographed by Danny Lyon in New Mexico!
During the twentieth century, U.S. society was dubbed a "car culture" because the automobile became an integral part of American life. Today's event in Chadron puts a new spin on car mania! Far more frequently, people like to show off their new wheels, just like folks in the photo below.
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Pictured top: Danny Lyon, born 1942, Llanito, New Mexico, 1970, gelatin silver print, 9 1/16 x 13 7/l6 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pictured bottom: Robert McNeill, New Car (South Richmond, Virginia), from the project The Negro in Virginia, 1938, gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase.