Cartercar Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Cartercar. Cartercar was originally founded as the Motorcar Company in Jackson, Michigan in 1906. It renamed itself the Cartercar Company and moved to Detroit in 1906, before settling in Pontiac, Michigan from 1907 until 1915. Byron J. Carter formed the Cartercar Company to manufacture a vehicle featuring the friction drive transmission, as opposed to a chain & sprocket transmission. Carter died of gangrene in 1908, caused when he was struck in the jaw by a starter crank. Cartercar was sold to William Durant in 1909 and brought under the General Motors umbrella. But after Durant was dismissed from GM in 1910, the Cartercar factory was reassigned to manufacture the Oakland automobile.
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.325528.040
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile