Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Virginia and Truckee R.R.
Object Number:
1955.225
Date:
1945-1950
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: in brown on brim: "VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RR./ ROUTE TO THE COMSTOCK"
printed: in brown on reverse: "VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE R. R., NEVADA/ The first spike, silver, of course, for the Virginia and Truckee R.R was driven at Carson City by Hume M. Yerr
Description:
Molded circular plate with dark brown printed scene of railroad train and desert scrubland, painted with blue, red, tan, and green enamel; inscriptions on front and back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
