Identification Plate

plate

plate

Name/Title

Identification Plate

Entry/Object ID

2018.059.002

Description

Metal identification plate for "Hall-Scott" with space for model, bore, stroke and serial no. and below shows "manufactured by Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Inc. Berkeley, Calif. Division of American Car and Foundry Motors Co., New York City". Hall-Scott opened in Berkeley in 1910, making RR cars, engines (aircraft) and was purchased by Amer. Car & Foundry in 1925 and began making truck, boat & tractor engines and during WW ll, also tanks. Was divested by AC & F in 1954 and defunct in 1960.

Made/Created

Date made

1925 - 1954

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Plate, Identification

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

"engines"

Search Terms

Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Inc., American Car and Foundry Motors Co., engines, foundry, Hall-Scott

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

4 in

Location

Other

A3-3