FIFTH AVENUE COACH

Fifth Avenue Coach Co. (1916-1925)

New York, New York

This is a Fifth Avenue Coach radiator emblem (c1920)     mjs
Size: 130mm diameter     MM: None

The Fifth Avenue Coach Company began as a horse drawn bus operation in 1885 and started operating gasoline powered buses in New York City in 1906. In 1916 the company began to manufacture their own Type A double-deck buses, some of which were sold to other operators. From 1921 Fifth Avenue Coach began to produce other models, including lower height double-deck buses and single-deck buses.

Fifth Avenue Coach sold its bus building business to Yellow Coach in 1925 (see Yellow Coach/GM Coach).

Emblem

The Fifth Avenue Coach bus carried a large round radiator emblem, see original photo from 1925 shown below:

Fifth Avenue Coach buses (1925)   ms

Close-up showing Fifth Avenue Coach radiator emblem (1925)

This is the painted cast brass Fifth Avenue Coach radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post. This Fifth Avenue Coach radiator emblem is very rare.

The following is a brass Fifth Avenue Coach script-style radiator emblem:

This is a Fifth Avenue Coach radiator emblem (date unknown)  lktec
Size: 83mm high 74mm wide