Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shallow bowl: Harper's Ferry. W. VA.
Object Number:
1929.52
Date:
1925-1929
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 22.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: " 1827 1927/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED" and (in shield) "THE/ BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD/ COMPANY/Charter granted FEB 28 1827/..."
printed: on obverse: "HARPER'S FERRY, W.VA (train engines also named and dated)"
Description:
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed train engine border and view of railroad bridge in valley (Harper's Ferry).
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
