Cap, hub
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AXLE COVER
- DATE
- 1913–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0828.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Chandler Motor Car Co.
- MODEL
- CHANDLER
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 4.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chandler
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Hub caps are collectors’ items. - Function
-
Cover put on automobile wheels to enhance its aesthetic appearance or aerodynamism and to protect the wheel bolts from mud and dust. - Technical
-
Chandler Motor Car Company was founded in 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio by Frederick C. Chandler and partnered executives. The company produced moderately priced automobiles and eventually expanded its facilities in 1915. Chandler Motors also manufactured 10-ton artillery tractors for the army during World War I. In 1919, Chandler established the Cleveland Automobile Company to produce less expensive automobiles. Both companies suffered from financial troubles in 1921 and eventually merged in 1926 to form the Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation. The company merged with the Hupp Motor Car Corporation of Detroit in 1928 (VanTassel and Grabowski). Originally, hub caps date back to the horse-drawn era and afterwards to the first automobiles when wheels were made of wooden spokes connected to the center hub. The hub contained the wheel bearing, which was packed with grease. The hub cap was a small device used to cover the center hub to keep the dust out and the grease in. Eventually, car manufacturers replaced the wooden spokes with steel wire spokes in the 1920’s and 1930’s. As a result the hub cap evolved into a wheel cover, which is a large disc that covers most of the wheel. Wheel covers continue to serve a functional purpose but they have also become a decorative design feature of the wheel. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black painted dome shape center containing logo and name 'CHANDLER'; letters decrease in size (from either end) towards center letters are raised.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Polished silver surface/ black paint used in decorative detail/ condition: black paint worn, metal shows signs of wear from wrench
- Decoration
- N/A
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Chandler Motor Car Co., Cap, hub, between 1913–1929, Artifact no. 1977.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0828.001/
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