| 1940/50's PLATE - MT RUSHMORE MEMORIAL - VERNON KILNS |
| THIS IS AN OLD COLLECTOR'S STATE PLATE OF "MOUNT RUSHMORE MEMORIAL, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA". THE PLATE IS APRX 10 1/2" DIAMETER AND HAS A MAROON UNDERGLAZE. THE FRONT DEPICTS THE ADAMS MEMORIAL HALL DEADWOOD, DEADWOOD STAGE COACH 1876, HOMESTAKE GOLD MINE AT LEAD LARGEST IN THE WORLD, BATTLE MOUNTAIN SANITARIUM HOT SPRINGS, HARNEY PEAK CUSTER STATE PARK, DINOSAUR PARK RAPID CITY. THE REVERSE READS: MOUNT RUSHMORE MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON'S FIGURE SYMBOLIZES THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1776. JEFFERSON SYMBOLIZES THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. LINCOLN SYMBOLIZES THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION IN 1865. THEODORE ROOSEVELT SYMBOLIZES THE COMPLETION OF THE PANAMA CANAL IN 1904. VERNON KILNS U.S.A. BY THE LOOKS OF IT, I BELIEVE IT TO BE FROM THE 1950s OR EARLIER, BUT I AM NOT SURE. IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION -- NOT CRACKED OR CHIPPED. |
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