Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray: The Galloping Goose
Object Number:
1955.238
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE/.../Plate manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
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.
