Pope Manufacturing Co. (1904-1908)
Hagerstown, Maryland
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This is a Pope-Tribune radiator script (1906-1908) conceptcarz |
The Pope-Tribune was introduced in 1904 at the same time as the Pope-Hartford (see
Pope-Hartford) and was the smallest and lowest-priced of the Pope motorcars.
The first Pope-Tribune was a 6 hp single-cylinder runabout. A 12 hp two-cylinder model was added in 1905 and a 16/20 hp four-cylinder model followed in 1907. Prices increased each year but by 1908 Pope-Tribune sales fell and the Pope organization was in disarray. It was all over for the Pope-Tribune by November 1908.
Emblems
The first Pope-Tribune cars did not carry an emblem, see the following illustration from a 1904 Pope-Tribune brochure, but would have had the Pope-Tribune name displayed on a small brass maker's nameplate usually attached to the rear of the car or on the dashboard:
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Pope-Tribune brochure illustration showing no emblem (1904) ebay |
The following shows the Pope-Tribune nameplate on the dashboard of a surviving 1904 Pope-Tribune Model II:
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Pope-Tribune Model II dashboard (1904) bonhams |
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Pope-Tribune Model II nameplate (1904) bonhams |
This is the painted Pope-Tribune nameplate shown below. This Pope-Tribune nameplate is rare.
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This is a Pope-Tribune nameplate (1904-c1906) mjs Size: 77mm wide 39mm high |
The "Pope-Tribune" name was also displayed on the hubcaps, see example shown below:
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This is a Pope-Tribune hubcap (1904) bonhams |
The following original period photo shows a Pope-Tribune Model IV from 1905 and appears to display a small rectangular nameplate on the top of the radiator, although the detail is unclear.
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Pope-Tribune Model IV taking part in the Glidden Tour (1905) dpl |
This small nameplate may be the radiator maker's nameplate but the following illustration from a 1906 advertisement showing the Pope-Tribune Model V/VI includes a radiator nameplate, which may well be a small brass Pope-Tribune nameplate:
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Pope-Tribune ad showing radiator nameplate (1906) gracesguide |
This radiator nameplate may be the same small brass Pope-Tribune radiator nameplate shown earlier above or, possibly, the following Pope-Tribune nameplate, which is believed to have been used from about 1906, although I cannot confirm this date. This Pope-Tribune nameplate is rare.
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This is a Pope-Tribune nameplate (c1906-1908) mjs Size: 77mm wide 38mm high |
The following shows a different Pope-Tribune hubcap:
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This is a Pope-Tribune hubcap (c1906) ms |
Most surviving but restored Pope-Tribune cars display a "Pope-Tribune" script, similar to the script shown at the top of this post, mounted on the radiator core even on some 1904 models. But, as noted above, early Pope-Tribune cars had no emblem or script.
This Pope-Tribune radiator script was certainly used on some, but not all, Pope-Tribune cars from 1907, and possibly from 1906, see original 1907 Pope-Tribune Model X photo shown below. However, most Pope-Tribune radiator scripts mounted on restored cars are reproductions. Original Pope-Tribune radiator scripts are rare.
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Pope-Tribune Model X showing a radiator script (1907) hac |
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