The COMMONWEALTH Motors Corporation of Joliet / Illinois near Chicago started car production in 1913 with the PARTIN - PALMER. In 1915 it became the COMMONWEALTH to demonstrate the aim for selling cars internationally. In 5 years they sold 4,000 cars only. The best year was 1920 with a production of 1,828 cars.
Their slogan was: " The Car with the Foundation " .
In 1922 they merged with the Markin Body Corporation and built a taxicab called CHECKER for decades.
Here you see the first COMMONWEALTH emblem:
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| COMMONWEALTH original radiator emblem with dark red letters |
Size
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9.4 cm x 4.8 cm
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Year
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1917 - 1922
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Estimate
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As this is a very rare and expensiv emblem there is a repro made by Harry Pulfer in the nineteensixties. Pay attention: the original is curved. The repro is quite flat.
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| repro with light red letters |
Now it is easy to compare
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| top: original down: repro |
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| rare contemporary photo showing a COMMONWEALTH |
At least there was a COMMONWEALTH ULTRA 4 FORTY emblem, may be a prototype emblem:
For more car emblems see older posts or top right (list of car makers).
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