Blossom Festival, won by Moellers Garage, 1st Prize, Most Beautiful Float Trophy - 1929
Entry/Object ID
2019.1.1
Description
Trophy; the inscription reads "1st Prize, "Most Beautiful Float", 1929 Blossom Festival, won by Moellers Garage". The trophy consists of a narrow tapered silver-plated cup (10.25 " tall X 4" top diameter) with green plastic handles, mounted on a narrow green plastic base (shaped somewhat like a mushroom), which is in turn mounted on a black plastic pedestal (3.5" tall X 6" diameter). A photo of the winning "float" (a Hudson-Essex automobile covered with blossoms) is cataloged as #2004.13.8.
Cataloged By
Bill Rice
Acquisition
Accession
2019.1
Source or Donor
Mark Moeller
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Date made
1920 - 1929
Notes
Date: 1929
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Trophy
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Prize
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Achievement Symbols
Nomenclature Class
Personal Symbols
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Trophy, parades, Blossom Festival, automobiles, Hudson-Essex, businesses in: Sturgeon Bay, auto dealers, Moeller's Garage
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Overall height - 15 1/8"
Cup height - 10 1/4"
Base (greatest) diameter - 6"
Condition
Notes
silver plating is worn away on most of the inscription as well as on significant portions of the back.
