Why you can not determine manufacturer of cars on currency. Courtesy of the BEP. Autos on the Back of $10 Notes The engraved die of the Treasury Building vignette was completed in the early part of December 1927. The engraver was Louis S. Schofield. There are four cars included in this vignette. These cars are of no specific make or model and each one is a creation of the designer who prepared the original model which was later used by Mr. Schofield when he made the original hand-engraved die of this vignette. It would not be possible to have specific makes of automobiles engraved on the Treasury vignette for the $10 bill, which would be a composite model, without making it appear that we were sponsoring the product of one or another automobile manufacturer. Legal requirements will not permit a government agency to indicate its endorsement of a commercial firm or product. The four automobiles engraved into this design are similar in appearance to various models of cars being manufactured at that time. However, again, the cars in the design are of no specific make or model.
Using Scientific Marxist-Lenist Analysis from the Class Position... one might presume the artist is advocating a 'common' or 'democratic' style of vehicular conveyance... or is a 'wannabe' automobile stylist. Indeed, the transport illustrated suggests the favoring of petroleum distillate low-octane anti-knock lead additive fuels... and therefore is a propaganda device for the anarcho-syndicalist power mongers.
Or it might just be an engraving of typical everyday life at that time....neither an endorsement or a political statement. I do not believe the engraver was trying to send a subliminal message.
