Kleiber Motor Truck Co. Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: Kleiber and Company originally began as a carriage manufacturing company, but began producing trucks in 1914. Around 1919, the company began to operate as the Kleiber Motor Truck Company which it did until 1937. This emblem would date to this period. The metal emblem has a read back ground and white trim, and reads “Kleiber” in stylized white 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.325528.139
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.139
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile