"Allure of the Automobile" - CARS FROM OUR PAST

The Allure of the Automobile exhibit Friday, June , 10, 2011, at the Portland Art Museum, in Portland, Ore.

The Allure of the Automobile examines the golden age of automotive design by celebrating some of the world's finest cars from the 1930s to the early 1960s. During this era of brilliantly designed automobiles, engineering combined with artistry and craftsmanship to produce objects of unparalleled beauty.

A 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H-6C Xenia

The rear of 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H-6C Xenia

Ken Gross, the guest curator and former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, helps move a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

A 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

Sharon Deming, of Vancouver, Wash., photographs a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

The front grill a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster

The front dash and steering wheel of a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster

A museum visitor photographs a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster

The hood ornament of a 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow

Museum visitors look over a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Comp./61 Short-wheelbase Berlinetta

Workers take special precautions while unloading a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

A worker manipulates a 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato into place

A 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante