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| STANDARD radiator emblem from the L.R. Hartung collection |
Railway cars were the principal products of the STANDARD STEEL CAR COMPANY during the summer of 1913 when the firm acknowledged that its new two million factory was for a brand new product: an automobile.
"Monarch of the mountains" became a company slogan.
They started in 1915 with 1,133 cars sold. STANDARD´s best year was 1917 when 2,318 cars were built [Kimes,Clark]. In the last year they sold 483 cars.
| Dimensions | 5.4 cm |
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| Year | 1915 - 1923 |
| Estimate |  |
Here you see a nice enameled emblem:
Of course this is a bad reproduction:
Backside of the original emblem:
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