1media/1954_Chevrolet_Corvette-thumb.jpgmedia/Chevrolet_03.jpg2020-06-22T13:57:17-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479375146plain2020-08-24T10:12:10-07:00Tyson Gaskill93cb401bee8f73160b4c4378060de7643c42eee9Named after a class of small, fast warships, the Corvette debuted as a concept car in 1953. With its streamlined racing style and plastic-reinforced fiberglass body, the car was hailed as the “first of the dream cars to come true.” The Corvette graduated to mass production the following year. This photograph of a fleet cruising down a newly built section of the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles was published in the Examiner with the caption “Cars of the Future on the Highway of the Future,” echoing the vehicle’s marketing materials, which emphasized its groundbreaking design.