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Plate: "Erie Railroad"

Plate: "Erie Railroad"
Object name 
Plate: "Erie Railroad"
Date 
ca. 1946-1955
Medium 
Whiteware
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 x 9 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 cm )
Description 
Whiteware plate with blue band border with "Erie" in circle and diamond.
Credit Line 
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson (Mrs. R. Thorton Wilson)
Object Number 
1955.193
Marks 
printed: on obverse: "ERIE" printed: on reverse:"STERLING/Vitrified China/EAST LIVERPOOL-OHIO/U.S.A"
Gallery Label 
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of Railroad China and dining car plates. There is a paper collector's label on the back that identifies the railroad.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.