Flint Junior Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Flint Junior automobile that was manufactured by the Flint Motor Car Company, a Division of Durant Motors from 1926 until 1927. While the Flint Motor Car Company operated from 1924 until 1927, the Flint Junior was only produced in 1926 and 1927. The Junior came in Coach and Deluxe Coach body styles, and sold for about $1,000. The emblem has a blue enamel background with the text “FLINT” in white with “Junior” in silver below, flanked on the left and right by stylized flint stones.
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 emblem 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.325528.107
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile