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- Silver Swan Court Motel, Springfield, Ohio, 1940 - The Silver Swan Court provided 12 modern cabins with private showers to travelers along U.S. Highway 40 east of Springfield, Ohio. This 1940 postcard also gives a glimpse of a cabin's interior with an inset image on the right.
- 1940
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Silver Swan Court Motel, Springfield, Ohio, 1940
The Silver Swan Court provided 12 modern cabins with private showers to travelers along U.S. Highway 40 east of Springfield, Ohio. This 1940 postcard also gives a glimpse of a cabin's interior with an inset image on the right.
- T. J. Kirkpatrick, President of the League of American Wheelmen, with Velocipede, circa 1889 - Thomas J. Kirkpatrick of Springfield, Ohio, was elected president of the League of American Wheelmen (LAW) in 1887 and 1888. LAW promoted the benefits of cycling and advocated for the creation of better roads. Kirkpatrick would go on to patent a bicycle saddle in the late 1890s.
- circa 1885
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T. J. Kirkpatrick, President of the League of American Wheelmen, with Velocipede, circa 1889
Thomas J. Kirkpatrick of Springfield, Ohio, was elected president of the League of American Wheelmen (LAW) in 1887 and 1888. LAW promoted the benefits of cycling and advocated for the creation of better roads. Kirkpatrick would go on to patent a bicycle saddle in the late 1890s.
- Regent Theater Tower, Springfield, Ohio, 1980 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1980
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Regent Theater Tower, Springfield, Ohio, 1980
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- Workmen Standing on Large Cut-stone Structure Holding Tools, Springfield Ohio, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
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Workmen Standing on Large Cut-stone Structure Holding Tools, Springfield Ohio, circa 1885
- Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925 - Early automobile wheels had a central hub with a greased wheel bearing. Hub caps kept grease in and dust out. As wheels evolved and hubcaps became functionally unnecessary, they remained important to both manufacturers -- who branded wheel covers with maker names or logos -- and consumers -- who identified with hubcaps as statements about their cars and themselves.
- 1916-1925
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Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925
Early automobile wheels had a central hub with a greased wheel bearing. Hub caps kept grease in and dust out. As wheels evolved and hubcaps became functionally unnecessary, they remained important to both manufacturers -- who branded wheel covers with maker names or logos -- and consumers -- who identified with hubcaps as statements about their cars and themselves.
- Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925 - Early automobile wheels had a central hub with a greased wheel bearing. Hub caps kept grease in and dust out. As wheels evolved and hubcaps became functionally unnecessary, they remained important to both manufacturers -- who branded wheel covers with maker names or logos -- and consumers -- who identified with hubcaps as statements about their cars and themselves.
- 1916-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925
Early automobile wheels had a central hub with a greased wheel bearing. Hub caps kept grease in and dust out. As wheels evolved and hubcaps became functionally unnecessary, they remained important to both manufacturers -- who branded wheel covers with maker names or logos -- and consumers -- who identified with hubcaps as statements about their cars and themselves.
- Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925 - An automobile manufacturer's badge is fundamental to the company's brand identity -- just as the maker's name is often important to <em>our</em> identity as consumers and drivers. Early automobile badges tended to be small and often discreetly located; today they have evolved into enlarged, prominently placed, and frequently symmetrical logos -- easy to recognize, even at a glance in a rear-view mirror.
- 1916-1925
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Westcott Hubcap, 1916-1925
An automobile manufacturer's badge is fundamental to the company's brand identity -- just as the maker's name is often important to our identity as consumers and drivers. Early automobile badges tended to be small and often discreetly located; today they have evolved into enlarged, prominently placed, and frequently symmetrical logos -- easy to recognize, even at a glance in a rear-view mirror.