Driving back in time
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We take a nostalgic look back at the Geneva Car Show in the 1950s and 1960s, when motoring experienced its first real boom. All pictures come from “1905-2005 – 100 years of motoring progress” by Joëlle de Syon and Brigitte Sion (Geneva, Slatkine, 2004).
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