King Radiator Emblem, 1915-1925

Summary

The King Motor Car Company lasted thirteen years from 1911 to 1924. In its peak production year of 1916, it produced three thousand vehicles. Four years later, board members ask that the company be dissolved. The company was sold in 1921 and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. A year later it was bankrupt.

The King Motor Car Company lasted thirteen years from 1911 to 1924. In its peak production year of 1916, it produced three thousand vehicles. Four years later, board members ask that the company be dissolved. The company was sold in 1921 and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. A year later it was bankrupt.

Artifact

Radiator emblem

Date Made

1915-1925

Creators

D.L. Auld Company 

King Motor Car Company (Detroit, Mich.) 

Place of Creation

United States, Ohio, Columbus 

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Creator Notes

Made for King Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan by the D. L. Auld Company in Columbus, Ohio.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

86.129.81

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Zinc alloy

Color

Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.625 in

Thickness: .375 in

Inscriptions

Center front: KING Stamped verso: PATENTS PENDING / D. AULD CO / COLUMBUS O

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