Name/Title
Commemorative plate of the Santa Clara Ave. Methodist Church, c. 1960sEntry/Object ID
2015.4.1Description
ACC. NO. 15.4.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CHURCHES; METHODIST
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1960's
OBJECT: PLATE
DESCRIPTION: A SEMI-PORCELAIN PLATE WITH DECORATIVE DESIGN DEPICTING THE EXTERIOR OF THE SANTA CLARA AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH IN A BLACK COLORED TRANSFER ON A WHITE COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: D 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE ISSUED BY THE SANTA CLARA AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN 1885, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF EIGHTH STREET AND SANTA CLARA AVENUE. THE PLATE ALSO HAS A PRINTED HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH, ETC. ON THE REVERSE SIDE. IT IS SIGNED, "RHYTHM," BY HOMER LAUGHLIN. THE CHURCH WAS LATER DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THE EARLY 1970's.
DONOR: CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: JANUARY 24, 2015
