Object Details
- Description
- This radiator emblem belonged to an Essex automobile that was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1919 and 1932. The Essex line was introduced by the Hudson Motor Car Company as a budget car. Available for $1,295 in 1922, it was a best seller and pushed Hudson's sales up to an eventual ranking of 3rd in U.S. production. This badge has a read enamel background, with a white rim and white lettering that reads “ESSEX/MOTORS/DETROIT/USA.”
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Hubert G. Larson
- ID Number
- TR.325528.102
- accession number
- 260303
- catalog number
- 325528.102
- Object Name
- emblem, radiator
- Other Terms
- emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Radiator Emblems
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_840283
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-87f5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
