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Earl brought style and color to GM cars. 3). Bus lines soon followed suit; the Greyhound bus company did a thorough overhaul of their vehicles in the 1940s. Large bent sheet metal was used to cover appliances to separate internal technology both visually and physically from consumers and their families. Companies put windows in washers and dryers to enable consumers to watch their machines do their work. Vacuum cleaners were made more efficient, lighter and easier to move. 3. NY Central Hudson Locomotive by Henry Dreyfuss, 1938.

The United States's involvement in the war resulted in American companies achieving maximum manufacturing capacity and fostered the development of new technologies, three major examples being the computer, the jet engine, and the nuclear bomb. The combination of manufacturing capacity, the return of career and family-oriented GIs, and the subsequent Baby Boom generated a tremendous market for new products. The design of cars in the 1950s reflected the exuberance of the era—cars sported fins of all types and sizes.

The United States's involvement in the war resulted in American companies achieving maximum manufacturing capacity and fostered the development of new technologies, three major examples being the computer, the jet engine, and the nuclear bomb. The combination of manufacturing capacity, the return of career and family-oriented GIs, and the subsequent Baby Boom generated a tremendous market for new products. The design of cars in the 1950s reflected the exuberance of the era—cars sported fins of all types and sizes.