Biddle Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem
notes: label: Description
content: This radiator emblem belonged to a Biddle automobile manufactured by the Biddle Motor Car Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1915 until 1922. Biddle only produced about 1750 cars during its seven years of existence. Biddle’s were “assembled” automobiles, as their components came from a variety of manufacturers and were merely assembled at the Biddle factory. Biddle produced a variety of four-cylinder engine vehicles, including a roadster, town car, touring model that were noted for their impressively styled carriage. This circular emblem has a gold rim and gold edged red shield. The shield has a gold crown and winged wheel, with a white banner that reads “BIDDLE” in gold.
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.325528.027
label: accession number
content: 260303
label: catalog number
content: 325528.027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: emblem, radiator
label: Other Terms
content: emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile