Texas Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem
Object Details
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- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Radiator Emblems
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- TR.325528.236
- accession number
- 260303
- catalog number
- 325528.236
- Description
- This radiator emblem belonged to the Texan Automobile made by the Texas Motor Car Association around 1920. The Texan was a car assembled from various standard parts. It had outsized tires, theoretically suitable for driving in the Texas oilfields.
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Hubert G. Larson
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Object Name
- emblem, radiator
- Other Terms
- emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_840108
Texas Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem
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