Geoff Schmalz 9th blog Studebaker from Horses to Horsepower

My ninth blog concerns the collection of Studebaker images at the Smithsonian in a collection titled Studebaker: from Horses to Horsepower
http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/studebaker/cf/studebaker_allimages.cfm

Selection Procedure: 80 images having to do with Studebaker Corporation were chosen. They comprise photos, drawings, and renderings of book pages. The items cover everything from a photographs of one of the company's founders Clement Studebaker who started the company in 1852 and was joined by his brother John in 1858, to images of a catalog in the 1950s after Studebaker had merged with Packard and did not have alot of time left before folding in 1966 after 114 years.

Image Characteristics: The images are both black and white and color. They can be enlarged using the closer view links under each one. The all images page has captions for each one that disappear when the images are enlarged. However, even the larger images still indicate that they are part of the Smithsonian's collection.

Metadata: On the all images page, each image has a caption. Here is an example: About this Image:Light-Six two-passenger Coupe-Roadster
Source of Image:Studebaker Corporation of America The Studebaker Light Six: the World’s Greatest Light-Weight Automobile South Bend, Ind.: Studebaker Corporation of America, 1922. Images from the Trade Literature Collection. Both information about the content and provenance of the item is provided for each digital image. Another helpful metadata touch is that by each image is a link that allows the user to click to return to the previous page, letting the user quickly navigate no matter whre in the set of 80 images he or she finds himself or herself.

Intended Audience: The images include pictures of Studebaker cars, factories and clippings from brochures. Therefore, I believe the intended audience of the collection is Studebaker or auto buffs, but also people who are fascinated by the process of industrialization that occurred in North America, both in the United States and Canada, between 1852 and 1966, the years during which the Studebaker Corporation endured.