Name/Title
Advertising calendar plate for John Riordan, grocery store, 1915Entry/Object ID
2011.58.1Description
Acc. No. 11.58.1
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda
Date or Period: 1915
Object: Plate, advertising
Description: Semi-porcelain plate with transfer design depicting the Panama Canal and a border containing a calendar of January through December, 1915. The edge and border of the plate is in flow-cobalt blue color accentuated with a gold design. On the reverse of the plate is a transfer emblem with a crown and the wording "Sterling China".
Size: Diameter 8 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Premium advertising calendar plate for John Reardon, 1537-39 Lincoln Ave., Alameda, a grocery store in the Bay Station neighborhood.
Acquired from: Chuck Millar
Date: 09/24/11