Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Serving dish: Nickel Plate Road
Object Number:
1955.232
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 1/2 x 8 in. ( 2.5 x 29.2 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "Nickel/Plate/Road" (in square)
printed: on reverse: "PAT. NO. 2,178,274/RIMROL/TRADEMARK/SHENANGO CHINA/NEW CASTLE, PA"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
Description:
Oval whiteware dish with double blue line border and "Nickel Plate Road."
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Dauphin Collection 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.
