Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
Object Number:
1955.239
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
printed: on reverse: "THE SAN JUAN/.../by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A/Sketch from photographs by/ Lucius Beebe and the /Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R./Manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado"
Description:
Whiteware ashtray with red transfer printed railroad track border.
Gallery Label:
This ashtray is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
