REO Wolverine Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Wolverine automobile that was manufactured by the REO Motor Car Company of Lansing, Michigan, in 1927 and 1928. While REO did produce their own automobiles, the Wolverine was an assembled car that featured a six valves Continental engine on a 114 inch wheelbase. The factory price for a Brougham model was $1195, while the price fora sedan was $1295. The circular emblem has lettering around the outside that reads “WOLVERINE/ REO MOTOR CAR CO. A winged inner circle features a central number “6” on a blue enamel background, with a wolverine crawling through the six.
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.325528.260
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.260
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile