Interest in the automobile during the 1920s was immense, perhaps because there was no television or because in those days the various makes were quite distinctive. The introduction of new models in the local dealers' showrooms was a major event. September and October were the magic months. In small communities new Fords, Chevrolet, Plymouths, and other makes would begin arriving at the local freight yard to be unloaded and driven to the nearest dealer, the process supervised by small boys and hangers-on. And when the cars reached the showroom, everyone came to see them. Brochures illustrating the new models were stacked on tables, and, in some cases, passed rather sparingly to those who gave some appearance of being likely customers (small boys not ineluded). Loud, sometimes heated discussions would get under way over the advantages of hydraulic brakes...