Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: "Norfolk and Western"
Object Number:
1955.198
Date:
1954-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "LAMBERTON/SCAMMELL/MADE IN/AMERICA" AND "S/CHINA (crowned with wreath)"
printed: on obverse: "N & WRY"
typed: paper label: identifies railroad
Description:
Whiteware plate decorated with leaf and green key border and monogram.
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 Fluekiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
