The name Pierce Arrow%27 was once one of the most recognized and respected names in the automobile industry. For 38 years, the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company in Buffalo,New York, produced some of the finest automobiles made. At the time, Pierce Arrows could be found anywhere the rich and powerful worked and played. For over 20 years,Pierce Arrow supplied cars to the White House for the use of the President. They also sold cars to the royal families of Japan, Persia, Saudi Arabia, Greece, andBelgium. Scores of congressmen, ambassadors, governors, businessmen” and entertainers chose Pierce Arrows for their transportation.Shortly after beginning production of automobiles, The Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company commissioned prominent illustrators of the time to create beautiful artwork fortheir catalog illustrations posters and magazine advertising. While many other automobile companies used text with little or no artwork to explain the technical virtuesof their product, the Pierce Arrow advertising tended to use little and quite often no text at all to show the virtues of the Pierce Arrow through illustrations. Thesubject of the artwork typically showed the social elite going about their daily activities and the settings were typical – country clubs, the theater, and otherfashionable settings.Starting with the Series 32 and progressing to the Series 36, the Dual-Valve Six, with its embroidered upholstery and gold trimmed interiors, defined elegance for thetop-of-the-line Pierce Arrow through the twenties.”