Porcelain Advertising Calendar Plate for John Reardon Grocery Store, 1917

Object/Artifact

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Porcelain Advertising Calendar Plate for John Reardon Grocery Store, 1917

Entry/Object ID

1981.216.1

Description

Acc. No. 81.216.1 Subject Category: Businesses (Grocery) Date or period: 1917 Object: Plate, advertising calendar Description: Semi porcelain plate, manufactured by D, E. McNicol, East Liverpool, Ohio. The face of the plate has a transferred scene of hunting dogs and fowl. Below this scene it says, "Compliments of the Season, John Reardon, 1539 Lincoln Ave., Alameda, Cal.” Around the border of the plate are the twelve months of the year 1917 flanking the American flag. Size is 8½" in diameter. History of Object: It is a combination calendar and advertising plate of the John Reardon Grocery Store, Lincoln Ave. 1917. Acquired from: Mrs. Lulu Collischonn Date: September 15, 1953