Columbia Six Automobile Emblem, circa 1925
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The Columbia Motors Company of Detroit was formed in 1916. The company assembled a six-cylinder car called the Columbia Six. Usually priced under $2,000, production peaked in 1923. With this production success, the company purchased an ailing Liberty Motor Car Company and additional manufacturing plants in an attempt to expand. It failed. Columbia went out of business in 1924.
The Columbia Motors Company of Detroit was formed in 1916. The company assembled a six-cylinder car called the Columbia Six. Usually priced under $2,000, production peaked in 1923. With this production success, the company purchased an ailing Liberty Motor Car Company and additional manufacturing plants in an attempt to expand. It failed. Columbia went out of business in 1924.
Artifact
Radiator emblem
Date Made
circa 1925
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made by the D. L. Auld Company in Columbus, Ohio for the Columbia Motors Company.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
86.129.118
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Zinc alloy
Enamel (Fused coating)
Technique
Cloisonne
Color
Blue
Red
White (Color)
Gold (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2.25 in
Width: 2.25 in
Thickness: 0.05 in
Inscriptions
Front: COLUMBIA / MADE IN DETROIT / SIX
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