Object Details
- Description
- This radiator emblem belonged to the Roosevelt automobile that was manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, Indiana from 1929 until 1930. The car was named after President Theodore Roosevelt, and sold from around $995 for a sedan or coupe. The emblem featured a black and white cameo portrait of Roosevelt.
- 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.325528.271
- accession number
- 260303
- catalog number
- 325528.271
- 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_840426
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-56c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
