Chromeography

Schwinn in Park Slope, NYC by Caroline Sarrette

1970 Lancia Stratos Zero HF Prototype, designed by Bertone. Photos by Tom Wood ©2011 Courtesy of RM Au via Sotheby’s and Modern Design. A daring car with a daring badge. Don’t have space for the kind of ‘S’ you want? Just rotate it 90°! Why the apostrophe, though?

1960–78 Toyota Stout dashboard emblem by Garret Voight

Early 1900s Stearns (by R. Gust Smith)

F. B. Stearns and Company (later F.B. Stearns Company) was based in Cleveland, Ohio and active 1898–29. They marketed under the brand names Stearns and Stearns-Knight.

Shasta Trailers by R. Gust Smith

Simson motorcycle (year unknown, likely 1950s) by gynti_46 It’s seen better days (and better paint jobs), but it’s an amazing badge. Different Simson than I’ve seen before.

1940s Nash Super by Paul Malon

Above: 1950–60s Pedigree Venus baby carriage (by Just van Rossum)

Below: The Pedigree logo itself was pretty great, too. (via Silver Cross Prams)

1939 Steyr 55 Baby (by sushi moto)

Ericsson railroad telephone (by Sebastian Marcusson)

Chevrolet Special Deluxe (custom hot rod) by Stephen Coles

1941 Packard One Sixty (by R. Gust Smith)

1963 Ford Falcon Sprint (by Ivan Bettger)

1950s Electrolux Assistent kitchen mixer (by Stephen Coles)

Ok, not a metal emblem, but too good to ignore. It’s possible that the lettering on this piece was applied by hand when it was restored, because it does not match the script in this manual or the other Assistents I’ve seen. Looks great, nevertheless.

Buick Skylark Sun Coupe (by John Lloyd)

“Rare model with a big opening fabric top. Pretty unusual on an American car. This one is missing the top so today is more of a rain coupe.”

The lettering is kinda drippy too.

Coldspot refrigerator (by Paul Malon)

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