Object Details
- Description
- This radiator emblem belonged to a Grant Six automobile that was manufactured by the Grant Motor Car Company in Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 until 1913. The car was designed by Henry Elmer, who moved his automobile operation from Elkhart to Cleveland to produce the Grant Six, with backing from the Grant-Lees Machine Company. The car had a six-cylinder, 50 hp engine and sold for $2750. This bronze oval radiator emblem reads “GRANT/SIX” in blue enamel.
- 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.325528.115
- accession number
- 260303
- catalog number
- 325528.115
- 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_840280
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-87f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
