Hemmings Daily: America's Car Museum highlights 'Cars Defined by an American Century'

1930 Packard 740 Custom Super Eight. Photos courtesy of America's Car Museum. The evolution of the automobile is best framed through a looking glass of pop culture by decade, since the two are indelibly linked. Through the Lens: Cars Defined by an American Century, a new exhibit that debuted at America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, on November 9, takes an in-depth look at the most significant automobiles in America by decade, from 1910 through 2010. Significant does not necessarily mean best-selling. Whi [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, November 22, 2017 ANNOUNCEMENTS Our staff is taking a few days off to celebrate Thanksgiving, so the Hemmings Daily will not publish on Thursday, 11/23 or Friday, 11/24. We know you still want to read about classic cars, so we're re-running articles from our print magazines on these two days on Hemmings.com. To our readers who celebrate the American Thanksgiving - have a happy and healthy holiday from all of us at Hemmings. [America's Car Museum highlights "Cars Defined by an American Century"]( [America's Car Museum highlights 'Cars Defined by an American Century']( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1930 Packard 740 Custom Super Eight. Photos courtesy of America's Car Museum. The evolution of the automobile is best framed through a looking glass of pop culture by decade, since the two are indelibly linked. Through the Lens: Cars Defined by an American Century, a new exhibit that debuted at America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, on November 9, takes an in-depth look at the most significant automobiles in America by decade, from 1910 through 2010. Significant does not necessarily mean best-selling. Whi... 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