Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: "The San Juan"
Object Number:
1955.213
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 26.4 cm )
Marks:
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"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF
Description:
Whiteware plate with red transfer printed railroad track border and view of train (the San Juan).
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.
