Ohio Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to an Ohio automobile that was first manufactured by the Jewell Carriage Company in 1909, before reorganizing as the Ohio Motor Car Company in 1910. The company operated out of Cincinnati, Ohio and had its factory in Carthage. Ohio produced automobiles until 1912, when its name was used as a model for the new Crescent Motor Car Company. Ohio automobiles were mechanically unspectacular, but was a pioneer in naming their year models. The year 1912 featured such snappy models as the Clifton, Euclid, Avondale, and Grandin. The hexagon-shaped emblem reads “OHIO” is raised lettering.
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.325528.179
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile