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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Happy United States Grand Prix weekend from #DavesCarIDService. The first US Grand Prix (Anglicized to "Grand Prize") was held Nov 1908 in Savannah GA, and won by Frenchman Louis Wagner in this 120 hp (!) Fiat.
*Savannah built a 25 mile course winding through city streets and country roads, using prison labor, to lure the event. First car race in the US run under international rules, it attracted entries from Europe and the US and 60k spectators including President Taft.
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