Texas Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem

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Object Details

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

ID Number

TR.325528.236

accession number

260303

catalog number

325528.236

Object Name

emblem, radiator

Other Terms

emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile

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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

Data Source