Actually, the eagle did not become associated with the Imperial until the
1950's. From the 1920's through to the early 1950's Chrysler's seal was
the badge on the Chrysler Imperial. Briefly in the late 1920's the Chrysler
Imperial had it own symbol, but there were no eagles on it.
I would suspect the adoption of the eagle in the 1950's was more an American
idea. After all, the bald eagle is an American symbol.
And imperial has been used to decribe a number of empires over the years -
British, Russian, German, all the way back to one of the first uses of the
word imperial to describe an empire - the Roman empire.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
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Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:49 PM
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This is just an opinion -- but here goes. In his book,The Autobiography Of
An American Workman, Mr. Chrysler referred to his personal pride regarding
his German ancestry. he even opined that the American work ethic was an
outgrowth of tbe Germanic influence within the collective American psyche. I
am not endorsing this position -- however, isn't it coincidental that he
picked The Imperial German Eagle as the symbol for the marque? Further --
the very word IMPERIAL was often used in describing pre WW1 Germany. So
doesn't it make sense that Mr. Chrysler would pick both a symbol and a word
that reflected his own heritage?
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