American Six Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to an American Six automobile that was manufactured by the American Motors Corporation of Plainfield, New Jersey between 1917 and 1924. The American advertised itself as the “Balanced Six,” due to the cars “light weight, the load of which is so evenly distributed over each of the four wheels that it varies at best but a fraction of one pound one way or the other.” The company’s advertising also called its Six a “smile car” as it promised “miles of smiles.” This emblem has a large “A” in the center that reads “American/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.325528.013
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.013
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road