Bush Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This Bush radiator emblem belonged to an automobile that was manufactured between 1916 and 1925. John H. Bush of Chicago, Illinois tried a direct-mail approach to selling cars, advertising and accepting orders that would then be passed on to a local manufacturer and received a Bush radiator emblem when it was completed and shipped to the buyer. As the multitude of automobile manufacturers began to be winnowed away towards the end of the 1920s, Bush had a harder time finding automobiles to take his emblem, and the company ceased selling cars by 1925. This black emblem reads “BUSH” in white script. Below in small gold lettering is “TRADE MARK REG./CHICAGO.”
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.325528.037
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile