Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1955.246
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
typed: paper label on reverse: identifes railroad
stamped: on reverse: "97"
printed: on obverse: "DENVER & RIO GRANDE R.R./SCENIC LINE/OF THE/WORLD"
Description:
Whiteware plate with black and red line border and black transfer printed medallion flanked by scrolls.
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the 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.
