Hudson Motor Car Company Radiator Emblem
- Description
- The Hudson was created by Roy D. Chapin and financed by J. L. Hudson, who was the head of a large Detroit-based department store of the same name. The Hudson Motor Car Company's high sales figures were mostly due to the inexpensive model line of the Essex. In 1954 Hudson joined with Nash to form the American Motors Corporation. The Hudson name was dropped in 1957. This triangular white emblem reads “HUDSON” in blue, with “MOTOR CAR CO/DETROIT/MICH./USA” in silver.
- 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.
- ID Number
- TR.325528.126
- accession number
- 260303
- catalog number
- 325528.126
- Credit Line
- Hubert G. Larson
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Radiator Emblems
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Exhibition
- America on the Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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