TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 108-109
CreatorSmith, Kay, 1925-
InstitutionBloomfield Township Public Library
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
SubjectAutomobiles -- Social aspects -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township
Item NumberGB01a056
Relationpart of 'Bloomfield Blossoms' by Kay Smith
Type
text, image
Formatjpeg
DescriptionTHE AUTOMOBILE CHANGES LIFE HERE
The history of the automobile and the history of Bloomfield
are as interwoven as the auto and Detroit, although for
different reasons. As the automobile made Detroit the
industrial city it is, the people who build it make Bloomfield
the residential community it is.
The first exclusive auto clubs were here, the new residents
always drove the finest models of the companies they
represented, and a parade of new cars is always the way of
life. In the Sixties and Seventies, the young moving
population of our area drove their cars as symbols of their
achievements. The head of the household had his top of
the line model, Mother drove a station wagon, and it was
quite customary for a young man to be given the latest
sports car brought out by his father's company for his
16th birthday. Even the houses built here by executives of
the motor companies were used in their advertising
campaigns as backgrounds.
Where did it all start?
