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PHOTOS: Chicago Auto Show through the years

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
The Nash 1951 sports car, which combines American and English manufacture, at the 43rd Annual Automobile Show in Chicago, on Feb. 19, 1951. The price is given as under $4,000.
The Nash-Healey sports model for 1952, designed by Pinin Farina of Italy, at the 44th Annual Chicago Automobile Show at the International Amphitheater displayed on Feb. 21, 1952.
Acres of new automobiles at the Chicago Automobiles show on Feb. 20, 1965, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Despite frigid temperatures, record crowds packed Chicago's International Amphitheater for the the 59th annual Chicago Automobile Show on Feb. 25, 1967.
Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca stands with one of the company's popular "K" cars at the Chicago Auto Show on Friday, Feb. 20, 1981 in Chicago.
Crowds at an auto show in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1987, to look at a custom-made 1965 gold Cadillac Eldorado designed by George Barris and Elvis Presley.
Katsuo Yamada, chief designer of the 300 ZX project for Nissan Motor Corp., stands next to the new 1990 300 ZX Turbo model that was introduced on Feb. 8, 1989 in Chicago.
Chrysler and Lamborghini executives look over the new Lamborghini Diablo after it was unveiled at a preview for the upcoming Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 9, 1990.
Members of the Miata Club of America applaud the Mazda Miata M Edition at the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 10, 1995, in Chicago.
Yvette Hale poses with the 1995 Mitsubishi 3000 GT Spyder convertible at a Chicago Auto Show preview on Feb. 8, 1995 in Chicago.
People attending the opening of the 90th edition of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place South inspect the new Volkswagen on Feb. 7, 1998.
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The Nash 1951 sports car, which combines American and English manufacture, at the 43rd Annual Automobile Show in Chicago, on Feb. 19, 1951. The price is given as under $4,000.
AP Photo/Edward Kitch

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A look back at the Chicago Auto Show through the years, starting with the 1951 show.

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