Get your kicks on Route 66. As part of the overall exhibit, there is a section where a fitting tribute is paid to this iconic motor route that carried so many people west across the country. Running from Chicago to Los Angeles and then on the ocean in Santa Monica, Route 66 became the road many people took when migrating, especially those escaping from the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
To help present this migration, the folks at the Smithsonian chose to show off a 1929 Oakland sedan. Oakland Motor Car Company started in 1907 in Pontiac, MI but after two years the company was bought by General Motors. Their plan was to slot the Oakland in between the lower priced Chevrolet and the more expensive Oldsmobile and Buicks offerings. For a while it worked but eventually the Pontiac line moved in to take over this price point and the Oakland was totally absorbed as part of that brand.
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