Ornamental Artwork

car ornament

By Jim Hagarty
Cars in their heyday relied heavily on ornamentation. A plain car could be dressed up and made look almost fancy with the addition of a few baubles, bangles and beads. Extremely important was the car’s emblem or logo. In this case, it’s a fancy “K” for Kaiser. Such a car from 1953 was on display at a car show in my town this week. I remembered being enthralled by the beauty of the logo and how finely it was made. Often, the logo was also set in a glass like substance in the middle of the steering wheel as well as other places inside the car. And, of course, there were gaudy hood ornaments like the spear-like thing which also appeared on the Kaiser.

flying orney

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.