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George Washington Inauguration Plate

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 10 47/50 x width: 10 47/50 inches Dimension: `Porcelain, (material)
Creator: Lamberton and Scammell Identifier: aql:5774 1986.13WF39 QMOA

Description: Plate depicting George Washington looking at the Trylon and Perisphere from a balcony with other World's Fair scenes around the border.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Lamberton and Scammell

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Plate depicting George Washington looking at the Trylon and Perisphere from a balcony with other World's Fair scenes around the border.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Washington, George, 1732-1799

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Type : plates (dishes)

Format : height: 10 47/50 x width: 10 47/50 inches; `Porcelain, (material)

Identifier : aql:5774 1986.13WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Washington, George, 1732-1799
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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