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In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.
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Best: photography, lettering, badges (overall design)
Color: white, black, gray, silver, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, beige
Era: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Car Make: AMC, Alfa Romeo, Austin-Healey, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, Ford, Holden, Hudson, International, Jaguar, Karmann Ghia, Lamborghini, Lincoln, Mercedes, Mercury, MG, Morris, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac, Porsche, Studebaker, Volvo, VW
Car Model: 88, 500, 3000, Apache, Bel Air, Camaro, Capri, Charger, Continental, Cougar, Corvette, Custom, Dart, Fairlane, Falcon, Fury, Galaxie, GT, Hornet, Impala, Mustang, Special, SS, V8
Not Car: bicycle, camera, espresso machine, fan, refrigerator, scooter, typewriter
Letter: A, B, H, M, S, V, Z
Lettering Style: romanscript, sans, serif, script, slab, swash | condensed, extended | baseline connection, underline | italic, backslant
Motif: circle, crown, globe, lightning bolt, rocket, shield, wings
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1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan (by Ben Piff of Old Parked Cars)
1958 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz convertible (by Rob Strovers of Artistic Pursuits)
Cadillac Limited (by Tânia Raposo)
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1957 Cadillac front fender emblem (by Erin Ellis in Taupo, New Zealand)
1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham (by Other People’s Things)
I love badges that come off the body on an angle.
Cadillac Fleetwood (by Ksenya Samarskaya)
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1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (by Lauri Johnston)
“The 1956 models are the only Cadillacs to have the date (Nineteen Fifty-Six) written in script on the instrument panel.” — Lars Schenk
Cadillac (by heysoap) Model unknown.
Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado, Speaker Grille (by mac.wrangler)
1961 Cadillac Convertible Series 62 (Owner: Richard Jack Jr., Photo by Mary Jane Protus in August 2012)
Cadillac Coupe de Ville (by mobycat)
Cadillac by Brooke Guerrero
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1956 Cadillac DeVille Feril Toro (via Jalopnik)
1936 Cadillac Series 60 Touring Sedan (by Randy von Liski)
Look at that clock!
1905 Cadillac Model 30 (by Bill Jacomet)
