Gray-Dort Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Gray-Dort Automobile that was manufactured by Gray-Dort Motors of Ontario, Canada from 1915 until 1924. Josiah Dallas Dort founded the Dort Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan in 1915, and sold Gray the Canadian rights to his Dort automobile that same year. The Dort sold well in Canada, only ceasing production with Dort exited the automobile business in 1924. The radiator emblem has a white center with blue rim decorated by gold leaves. The center of the badge reads “GRAY/DORT” in blue, the rim reads “CHATHAM, ONTARIO” in gold.
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.
label: Location
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.325528.118
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile