Cap, hub
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AXLE COVER
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0841.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NATIONAL MOTOR CAR & VEHICLE CORP.
- MODEL
- NATIONAL
- LOCATION
- Indianapolis, Indiana, 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
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 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
- NATIONAL MOTOR
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Indiana
- City
- Indianapolis
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
-
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
- Badge covering center of hubcap/ 'NATIONAL' in script, stippled surface, surrounded with 'NATIONAL MOTOR CAR & VEHICLE CORP, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Polished silver surface, possibly chromed/ condition: chromed surface worn, metal shows some signs of wear from wrench.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NATIONAL MOTOR CAR & VEHICLE CORP., Cap, hub, after 1916, Artifact no. 1977.0841, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0841.001/
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