Sheffield Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to an automobile manufactured by the Sheffield Car Company of Three Rivers, Michigan during the early 20th century. Sheffield began as a company that manufactured velocipede (human-powered) hand cars for railways beginning around 1877. Around 1896 Sheffield began to equip their light rail cars with small gasoline engines, providing us the earliest date for this emblem. Sheffield mainly manufactured rail cars until it was merged with Fairbanks, Morse, & Company in 1919. The emblem reads “SHEFFIELD CAR CO./LIGHT CARS/THREE RIVERS, MICH./MOTOR CAR NO.”
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.325528.217
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile