Collection Highlights
The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.35
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Plate: The "Emma Sweeny"
Object Number:
1955.212
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 26.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "EMMA SWEENEY/...../picture courtesy of /20th Century Fox Film Corp./Plate manufactured for/ Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colrado/by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/ DURANGO COLORADO
Description:
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed railroad track border and view of steam train engine (The Emma Sweeney).
Gallery Label:
This plate 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.
