Cole Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Cole automobile manufactured by the Cole Motor Car Company around 1915. The Cole Motor Car Company was originally the Cole Carriage Company. The Cole Carriage Company was founded in 1904 when Joseph J. Cole purchased the Gates-Osborne Carriage Company. The company reorganized into the Cole Motor Car company in 1909, and produced over 40,000 cars until the company liquidated in 1925. The black and silver emblem bears the image of a spread-winged eagle with a shield over its breast that reads “Cole” in silver. A white banner underneath the eagle reads “Indianapolis” in silver.
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: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Radiator Emblems
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hubert G. Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.325528.054
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.054
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile