Plate, Commemorative
Object number2003.130.13
Date1972
MediumCeramic; Glaze
Credit LineGift of Tri-State Historical Steam Engine Association, Inc.
DescriptionCircular white ceramic commemorative plate. Shallow sloped walls. Circular foot. Face has polychrome image of a farm harvesting scene featuring a steam engine agricultural vehicle on grass in front of a hay field with a red barn in the right background. Blue sky background. Vehicle has green body with red and gray wheels and is billowing gray and white steam. Numerous adults and children pictured. Image is surrounded by white margin. Reverse is undecorated.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 9.188 x 0.75 in. (23.3 x 1.9 cm)InscriptionsFace has black text at top in margin "TRI-STATE HISTORICAL STEAM ENGINE ASSOC., INC." and at bottom of image "1972".
Rear panel on vehicle body has red, black, and white text "CASE".
Historical Notes1972 Tri-State Historical Steam Engine Association commemorative plate featuring Case steam traction engine powering a thresher. Part of a collection of fifteen commemorative plates depicting historical steam engines. Several of the engines were developed in Western Pennsylvania. Part of the Meadowcroft collection.
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c. 1989