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
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
Object Number:
1955.240
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
printed: on reverse: "EMMA SWENNEY/by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/DURANGO, COLORADO" and "THE 'EMMA SWEENEY'/STAR OF/'TICKET TO TOMAHAWK'/FILMED IN D
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.
