White Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a White brand automobile that was produced by the White Company between 1900 and 1918. Originally manufactured as a steam powered vehicle by the White Sewing Machine Company, by 1906 it had changed to just the White Company, and by 1910 it had begun producing gasoline engine powered automobiles as well as steam powered. This green emblem has white lettering that reads “White” in cursive script.
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.325528.251
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile