The automobile’s social impact was revolutionary. Up through the teens, love songs began to involve the automobile, including the notable In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905). Valentines in the shape of cars that hinted at honeymoons, postcards showing joyrides, and other similar products further cemented the car into American culture. Learn more in my book, Artifacts from American Fashion (ABC-CLIO).Heather Vaughan Lee is the founding author of Fashion Historia.