Emerson Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to an Emerson automobile that was manufactured by the Emerson Motors Company of Kingston, New York around 1917. The car was to be a four-cylinder touring model that sold for $395, undercutting the Model T as the most affordable vehicle. Not many vehicles were produced, and company officials were soon indicted for stock fraud through the mail, as they claimed an initial higher vehicle order to entice others to buy their stock. The emblem has a raised image of a centurion in a half-circle above the text “EMERSON.”
label: Description
content: Radiator emblems are small, colorful metal plates bearing an automobile manufacturer's name or logo that attached to the radiators grilles of early automobiles. Varying in shape and size, the emblems served as a small branding device, sometimes indicating the type of engine, place of manufacturing, or using an iconic image or catchy slogan to advertise their cars make and model. This emblem is part of the collection that was donated by Hubert G. Larson in 1964.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Radiator Emblems
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hubert G. Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.325528.095
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.095
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile