DOUGLAS

Douglas Motor Corp. (1918-1919)

Omaha, Nebraska 

This is believed to be a Douglas radiator emblem (1918-1919)    tcc
Size:63mm wide 61mm high    MM: Unknown

The Douglas Motor Corporation was established in 1918 to take over from the Drummond Motor Company (see Drummond) and the Drummond V-8 was up-dated to become the new 75 hp Douglas V-8 automobile. Touring models, a roadster and a Speedster Special were offered but it did not work out and Douglas automobile production ceased in 1919 after building only 334 units.

The company also built a range of motor trucks, which were more successful. The Douglas truck continued in production until 1935 (see Douglas Truck).

Emblems

I can find no original period photos or illustrations of Douglas motor cars, so there is some speculation regarding the radiator emblems used on these cars.

The blue, red and green enamel Douglas emblem shown above at the top of this post is believed to be a Douglas motor car radiator emblem. It is one of only two examples known at this time. Original Douglas radiator emblems with this design are extremely rare. 

Emblem collectors should beware as Pulfer made reproduction Douglas emblems with this design. 

The following polished metal Douglas emblem with inlaid black enamel has the same basic design as the previous Douglas emblem but is smaller and is set in a circular base, which overlaps the central rectangular name panel. This Douglas emblem is the only example known to date and is extremely rare. This Douglas emblem may have been a radiator emblem, possibly for a light duty Douglas truck.

This may be a Douglas radiator emblem (1918-1919)  sam
Size: 56mm diameter    MM: Unknown  

The following Douglas emblem is a quite different design with a rectangular name panel finished in black enamel with raised "DOUGLAS" letters over-painted in white. This is the only known example of this Douglas emblem and is extremely rare. This emblem may have been a radiator emblem, possibly for a light duty Douglas truck. 

This is a Douglas emblem (1918-1919)    sam
Size: 56mm diameter    MM: Unknown

Several examples have been found of the following metal Douglas emblem, which has a rectangular name panel with a double border and raised letters:

This is a Douglas hub emblem (1918-1919)   sam
Size: 56mm diameter   MM: Unknown

These plain metal Douglas emblems are hub emblems, see Douglas hubcap shown below. These Douglas hubcap emblems are rare.

This is a Douglas hubcap with hub emblem (1918-1919)  dkc

There are examples of the same Douglas hub emblem painted in a variety of colors. It is unlikely that these painted Douglas emblems were used as production emblems. More likely, they are hub emblems painted by emblem collectors to provide more interest in the emblem.

The following are examples of painted Douglas hub emblems:

This is a painted Douglas hub emblem (1918-1919)    khc
Size: 57mm diameter   MM: None

This is a painted Douglas hub emblem (1918-1919)    mjs
Size: 56mm diameter   MM: None

If you have better details or photos of any Douglas automobile radiator emblems, please let me know, in order to update this post.

HAMBLET

Hamblet Machine Co. (c1909)
Lawrence, Massachusetts

This is the Hamblet radiator emblem (poss c1909)    ms
Size: 46mm wide 15mm high    MM: Unknown

George W. Hamblet built himself a fine motor car in around 1909, including an air-cooled engine, with bodywork provided by the Amesbury Metal Body Company. The car did not go into production. 

In 1912, the engine was replaced with a 40 hp six-cylinder Palmer & Singer T-head engine with a Stevens-Duryea radiator. The Hamblet remains extant.

Emblem

The current painted brass Hamblet radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again later below may have been mounted on the original c1909 radiator but I cannot confirm this. 

The Hamblet motor car with the 1912 Stevens-Duryea radiator and Hamblet radiator emblem is shown below:

Hamblet motor car    ms

Hamblet radiator (1912)   ms

This is the Hamblet radiator emblem (poss c1909)   ms
Size: 46mm wide 15mm high    MM: Unknown

The following shows the Hamblet No.1 serial plate:

This is the Hamblet serial plate (c1909)   ms

STANDARD SIX

St. Louis Car Co. (1909-1910)
St. Louis, Missouri
Standard Automobile Company of America (1910-1911)
Wabash, Indiana

This is a Standard Six (1910-1911)    cbc

The St. Louis Car Company was a well-known manufacturer of streetcars and railway cars, see St. Louis Car Company advertisement shown below:

St. Louis Car Co. advert (c1890)  americanautomobiles

However, the St. Louis Car Company had been building the American Mors car under license (see American Mors), when, in 1909, it announced plans to build an American designed six-cylinder automobile to be called the Standard Six.

The Standard Six was a 50 hp automobile initially offered in touring, miniature tonneau and roadster body styles. Production began in late 1909 but in February 1910, production of the Standard Six was transferred to the company's subsidiary plant in Wabash, Indiana under the control of the Standard Automobile Company of America. In 1910, a more expensive, luxurious limousine model was also offered. But, there were financial problems and production was discontinued later in 1910. Production was restarted in early 1911 but it did not work and the Standard Six was finished shortly after.  

The St. Louis Car Company gave up any plans to build a passenger automobile and concentrated on its streetcar and railway car business. 

Production figures for the Standard Six are unknown but are likely to have been very small.

Emblems

There are very few original period photos of Standard Six cars showing the radiator. However, an early Standard Six advertisement in 1909 does show the radiator but there is no radiator emblem or script, see below:

Standard Six ad showing radiator (1909)  wiki
The Automobile

Standard Six with no radiator emblem or radiator script (1909)

The logos used with most Standard Six advertisements were not likely to have been used as radiator emblems, see example below:

Standard Six logo (1909-1910)

However, advertisements appearing in 1910 did show photos of the front view of a Standard Six motor car, showing a radiator script but not clearly, see example below:

Standard Six ad with rad script (1910)  ebay

Detail showing radiator script (1910)

However, the following Standard Six advertisement includes photos of the radiator showing a script:

This is a Standard Six ad with rad script (1910)  cbc

The "Standard Six" radiator script is more clearly seen in the close-up shown above at the top of this post and again below:

Close-up showing Standard Six radiator script (1910-1911)  

I suspect that this "Standard Six" radiator script may have continued in use to the end of production but I cannot confirm this. Original Standard Six radiator scripts, if they exist, would be extremely rare. 

If you have photos of an original Standard Six radiator script, please let me know, in order to update this post.

EAGLE TRUCK

Eagle Motor Truck Corp. (1920-1930)

St. Louis, Missouri

This is an Eagle truck hood side emblem (c1928)     cbc
Size: 308mm wide 80mm high

Joseph P. Reis had set up the Reis Auto Repair Company in St Louis in 1914 and saw an opportunity to enter the truck manufacturing business. He established the Eagle Motor Truck Corporation in 1919 and production of the Eagle began in 1920.

The Eagle was a conventional assembled truck built in limited numbers in sizes ranging from 1-1/2-ton to 5-tons capacity. Eagle trucks were powered by Buda engines, except for the last year of production in 1930 when a variety of engines were offered.

The first Eagle truck sold in 1920 was a 2-ton capacity model, which continued in production throughout the life of the Eagle truck. A 3-ton model was introduced in 1925 and a 5-ton model appeared in 1928. The Eagle was also sold overseas and a surge in new truck orders led Eagle to plan for a new and larger manufacturing plant. However, this plan did not proceed and, along with many other small sized truck manufacturers, Eagle suffered in the Depression and production ceased in 1930.

Emblems

All Eagle trucks seem to carry a distinctive bronze open winged eagle mascot mounted on the radiator cap, see original period photos and illustrations shown later below.

The Eagle 2-ton delivery truck shown below appears to be a light-duty model, as it has a conventional, probably plated brass radiator shell. The Eagle radiator emblem appears to be a large, rectangular metal nameplate.

Eagle 2-ton Delivery Truck (date uncertain)   oldcarsweekly

Close up showing Eagle truck radiator emblem & mascot

If you have better details of this Eagle radiator emblem, please let me know, in order to update this post. An original Eagle truck radiator emblem of this design would be extremely rare.

Most other original period photos and illustrations of Eagle trucks that I have seen show heavy duty truck models using cast iron radiators with ribbed radiator tank tops. 

The following original Eagle 2-ton capacity Model 100 truck brochure cover illustration and factory illustration show a small "Eagle" emblem possibly cast into the radiator tank top:

Eagle Model 100 truck brochure cover  cbc

Factory illustration of Eagle Model 100 radiator cbc

The 2-ton Model 100 and 1-ton to 1-1/2-ton capacity Model 101 Eagle trucks also displayed the "Eagle" name on a plain rectangular hood side nameplate, see factory illustration shown below. Original Eagle hood side nameplates with this design would be extremely rare:

Factory illustration of Eagle Model 100 truck showing hood side nameplate cbc

If you have a photo and details of this rectangular "Eagle" hood side nameplate, please let me know, in order to update this post.

The following photo shows the radiator of what is described as a "first generation" 3-ton Eagle truck  chassis. The radiator emblem appears to be either embossed into or soldered onto the cast iron radiator tank top. If this is a separate "Eagle" radiator emblem it would be extremely rare. 

Eagle 3-ton truck radiator showing radiator emblem and mascot (c1925)    oldcarsweekly

The following original period photo shows a line of Eagle Model 90 "Contractor's Special" dump trucks, which carry a large painted radiator emblem similar in size to the emblem shown above together with hood side nameplates displaying the open winged eagle motive used on the radiator mascot:

Eagle Model 90 2-ton "Contractor's Special" dump trucks 

These trucks also display the "Eagle" name on body side nameplates just below the floor of the driver's cab, see close up shown below:

Close up showing body side nameplates

The eagle hood side name plate can be more clearly seen on the following original period photo of an Eagle Model 105 3-ton garage service truck operated by the Reis Auto Repair Company:

Eagle Model 105 3-ton garage service truck (c1925)  oldcarsweekly

Close up showing eagle hood side nameplate

The same hood side nameplate is seen on the following factory illustration of the hood side of a Model 104 Eagle truck offered in 2-1/2-tons and 3-tons capacity sizes:

Eagle Model 104 Truck showing hood side nameplate (c1925)  cbc

This is the painted cast aluminum Eagle hood side nameplate shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Eagle hood side nameplate is extremely rare.

This is an Eagle hood side nameplate (c1925-1930)  cbc
Size: 308mm wide 80mm high

The rather crudely made Eagle truck hood side emblem shown above is in contrast to the more finely detailed, bronze Eagle Motor Truck maker's/serial plate, see example below. This Eagle truck plate is extremely rare.

This is an Eagle truck maker's/serial plate (c1920)    mjs
Size; 89mm wide 50mm high

DENBY

Denby Motor Truck Co. (1913-1923)
Denby Motor Truck Corp. (1923-1930)
Detroit, Michigan 

This is a Denby nameplate (dates uncertain)     mjs
Size: 263mm wide 70mm high

The Denby Motor Truck Company began truck production in 1913 for the 1914 model year and achieved some success following World War I. However, the Denby Motor Truck Company did not capitalize on its early success and remained a small truck company, which was unable to survive the Depression.

The Denby was a conventional assembled truck. Initially, Denby trucks were offered in the 3/4-ton to 2-ton capacity range. The 3/4-ton model had a low express body and solid rubber tires on wooden spoke wheels. Panel body, lighting system and pneumatic tires were available at extra cost. A 3-ton and a 7-ton model were also offered from 1918 to 1922 and a 30-passenger bus chassis was made from 1926 to 1930. Later Denby truck models featured disc wheels. 

Emblems

There are very few original period photos of early Denby trucks clearly showing the radiator and even fewer surviving Denby trucks, which in any event, may not show the original emblems. This makes a confirmed analysis of Denby emblems rather difficult.

The following 1913 advertisement showing a Denby truck for the 1914 model year does not show a radiator emblem:

Denby truck ad (1913)    ebay

Of particular interest in this advertisement, however, is the Denby trademark shown in the corners of the advertisement. This Denby trademark was filed in October 1914 with first use claimed in July 1913, so it may have been used as a nameplate or as the radiator emblem on at least some early Denby trucks, see detail shown below:

Possible Denby nameplate/radiator emblem (c1913-c1917) 
Size: Unknown

If an original Denby truck radiator emblem could be found with this design, it would be extremely rare.

This emblem design is also seen in the following detail from a 1916 Denby truck advertisement:

Detail showing Denby truck & emblem design (1916)  ebay

The following detail from another 1916 Denby truck advertisement shows a photo of a Denby truck and confirms the existence of a radiator emblem, although the detailed design is unclear:

Denby truck ad showing rad emblem (1916)  ebay

However, the following Denby truck advertisement from 1919 shows a Denby truck with a radiator emblem and a body side nameplate mounted on a panel below the driver's seat both using the Denby trademark design:

Denby truck advertisement (1919)   atj

Denby truck showing rad emblem & body side nameplate (1919) 

The following illustration taken from another 1919 Denby truck advertisement clearly shows that the body side nameplate has the same design as the trademark shown earlier:

Denby truck showing body side nameplate with trademark design (1919)   americanicons

1919 was clearly a busy year for Denby in marketing their trucks, the following advertisement shows a heavy duty Denby logging truck with the "DENBY" name cast into the top of the radiator:

Denby adv (1919) ebay

Detail showing Denby radiator emblem

The following original photo from about 1922, shows a heavy duty Denby truck with a cast iron radiator and what appears to be a cast-in metal radiator emblem and a flat rectangular, probably painted brass Denby name plate can just be seen mounted on the main chassis side frame just under the driver's cab:

Denby truck showing radiator emblem and chassis frame nameplate (c1922)   lktec

Close up showing the radiator emblem (c1922)

The same cast in Denby radiator emblem and chassis frame nameplate is seen on the following illustration of a Denby Model 41 truck chassis taken from a 1925 Denby truck advertisement:

Denby Model 41 truck showing the radiator emblem (1925)   tad burness

The cast in Denby radiator emblem is seen on the surviving Denby radiator shown below:

Denby radiator and cast in emblem (c1922-1928)  brc

The following surviving Denby truck photo shows a Denby nameplate mounted on the top of the radiator:

Denby truck (1920)   aumannauctions

Close up showing the radiator emblem(1920) 

This Denby radiator emblem appears to be a painted brass nameplate. This may be a Denby body side or chassis frame nameplate wrongly attached to the radiator at the time of restoration, although I cannot confirm this. 

The Denby nameplate shown above at the top of this post and again below is similar to the nameplate shown above, although it has the color area reversed. This Denby nameplate is rare.

This is a Denby nameplate (dates uncertain)    mjs
Size:  263mm wide 70mm high

The following is another surviving Denby truck on display at the Clio Transport Museum. This Denby truck carries an unusual radiator emblem in the form of a cast "DENBY" plate, which may have been specially made for the truck during restoration but I cannot confirm this. 

This is a Denby truck (c1919)    clio museum

Close up showing the radiator emblem 

If you have further or better details of any Denby truck emblems or nameplates, please let me know, in order to update this post.