Not car IDs, but car dealership IDs: when I was in Chicago recently I strolled along the Motor Row district, home to some ornate building that were once car showrooms.

1. Marmon (duh)
2. Hudson
3. Premier (duh)
4. Car sihouette weather vane on the old Illinois Auto Club
The old IL Auto Club is almost like a church or civic building, with its steeple-like bell tower. Now used as an event space.
If you like cars & architecture, the old Chicago Auto Club building is another treat. Now a Hampton Inn in the Loop, they preserved the Lobby as it was built in 1928, include giant roadmap of the US and a '28 Ford A Roadster.
Right across the street from the mindblowing Carbide & Carbon Building (Daniel Burnham 1929)

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