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Since 2006, a community of enthusiasts photographing the #lettering of metal #badges on vehicles & other machines. The originator of the term #chromeography. Custodian: @stewf.com

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Chromeography @chromeography.com · Jan 6
Hello Bluesky! Thanks to @presentcorrect.bsky.social and @kottke.org for jumpstarting chromeography.com last year with their generous mentions of our site. I’m looking forward to a tune up in 2025 (maybe a Tumblr exit?) to clean up the homepage and bring us back to our roots. Volunteers welcome!
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In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.
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1957 Volvo PV 444 (by Ben Piff of Old Parked Cars)
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#Volvo #Chromeography #Lettering
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1957 Volvo PV 444 by Ben Piff of Old Parked Cars
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January 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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1972 Chevrolet Luv Mikado (photo by LetterGetter)
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#Chromeography #Chevrolet #Mikado #BestOfPhotography #Serif #CasualSerif #Orange #1970s
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1972 Chevrolet Luv Mikado by LetterGetter
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January 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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1970 Lancia Stratos Zero HF Prototype. (Photo by Tom Wood.)

A daring car with a daring badge. Don’t have space for the kind of ‘S’ you want? Just rotate it 90°! Why the apostrophe, though?

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1970 Lancia Stratos Zero HF Prototype, designed by Bertone. Photos by Tom Wood ©2011 Courtesy of RM Au via Sotheby’s and Modern Design. A daring car with a daring badge. Don’t have space for the kind...
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January 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Milwaukee Drill (by R. Gust Smith)
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#Chromeography #BestOfBadges #Milwaukee
#Red #Script #Angular #M #Lightning #Tool #Drill
Photo of a red metal panel with a raised bade painted in white. The logo is “MIlwaukee” in a angular script with a lightning bolt underline.
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Our logo was drawn by @laureola.bsky.social for our 2012 Berlin exhibition. I tossed her a pile of photos from the collection and she came back with something that could exist on any car from 1930–65, balancing natural freehand lettering with the more mechanical nature of emblems cut from metal.
A “Chromeography” sign hanging in a window. It mixes the flowing style of natural freehand lettering with the more mechanical nature of mid-century emblems cut from metal.
January 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Hello Bluesky! Thanks to @presentcorrect.bsky.social and @kottke.org for jumpstarting chromeography.com last year with their generous mentions of our site. I’m looking forward to a tune up in 2025 (maybe a Tumblr exit?) to clean up the homepage and bring us back to our roots. Volunteers welcome!
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In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.
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January 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM