Walter P. Chrysler Museum Chronicles Evolution of Holiday Trees with Cars, Trees & Traditions Holiday Exhibition, Nov. 18 - Dec.
03 Novembre 2006 - 3:52PM
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* Special grand opening celebration slated for 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18; visitors invited to fill a 2007 Dodge Ram for
Toys for Tots to benefit children of local servicepeople AUBURN
HILLS, Mich., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars, Trees & Traditions,
a special exhibition featuring authentically decorated vintage
trees, nostalgic ads, seasonal photos of Detroit over the decades
and written narrative highlighting American holiday customs, is
sprucing up the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills Nov. 18 -
Dec. 30, 2006. The exhibition kicks off Saturday, Nov. 18 with a
free admission grand opening from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Cars, Trees
& Traditions offers a look back at holiday celebrations from
the early 1900s through the 1980s. The exhibition features
seventeen vignettes highlighting evergreen trees accurately
decorated in year-end holiday fashion, paired with Chrysler
vehicles of similar eras. The graphics and images accompanying each
tree, including a variety of holiday-season photos of Detroit from
the archives of Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library,
illustrate styles, events and products of seasons past. The
historical text presented with each vignette spotlights the
evolution of American holiday traditions, seasonal pop culture and
the automobile's role in advancing the celebratory spirit and sense
of goodwill associated with this time of year. Cars, Trees &
Traditions opens to the public on Saturday, Nov. 18 with seasonal
festivities from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Visitors can informally tour the
exhibition at no charge while enjoying: * an antique holiday decor
bazaar by the Golden Glow Club * do-it-yourself ornaments by
Michael's, The Arts and Crafts Store * hot cider and cookies by The
Baker's Loaf * live entertainment The celebration also features a
toy drive for Toys for Tots to benefit the children of local
servicepeople. Visitors are invited to arrive with new, unused,
unwrapped toys to fill a 2007 Dodge Ram. Among the holiday
vignettes featured throughout the Cars, Trees & Traditions
exhibition: * 1924 - Tree of Good Times, lavishly decorated with
spun glass and Czech beaded ornaments, foil reflectors, waxed
angels and double-sided lithographs. This tree is paired with the
Museum's 1924 Chrysler Six, the company's first production
automobile. * 1943 - World War II Tree, decked with unsilvered,
striped Shiny-Bright ornaments, some with cardboard and paper caps,
along with paper ornaments and chains, paired with a 1941 Dodge
Staff Car and Chrysler Aircraft Engine. * 1953 - Tree of the New
Generation, featuring West German ornaments, lights with reflectors
and Japanese glass bead garland and paired with the ultra-modern
1953 Chrysler Special concept car. * 1986 - Hallmark Tree,
featuring ornaments that reflect the trends and crazes of the day,
paired with a 1986 Dodge Omni. Cars, Trees & Traditions is open
for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Walter P. Chrysler
Museum is closed every Monday, and Nov. 23 and 24 and Dec. 24 and
25. Museum admission, which includes Cars, Trees & Traditions,
is $6 for adults and $3 for juniors (6 - 12) and seniors (62 and
older). Children 5 years old and younger are free. Admission is $3
per person for groups of 15 or more with advance registration. The
Walter P. Chrysler Museum is located at the corner of Featherstone
and Squirrel Rds. on the DaimlerChrysler complex in Auburn Hills.
From I-75, take exit 78 (Chrysler Dr.) and follow the Museum signs.
For more information, visit http://www.chryslerheritage.com/ or
call 888-456-1924. DATASOURCE: Chrysler Group CONTACT: Pat Joy,
+1-586-939-3429, , for Chrysler Group Web site:
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/ http://www.chryslerheritage.com/
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