Plate, Commemorative

Object/Artifact

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Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Plate, Commemorative

Entry/Object ID

2001.0064.0002

Description

Plate, commemorative. A 4" diameter china plate with hand painted scene of deer by a lake with lettering "Deer on Sandstone Green Lake, Wis." Back of plate says "Imported by John E. Boettcher, Ripon, Wis." Made in Germany. Donor says John Boettcher, her grandfather (b.1878, d. 1940) in Ripon, ran a variety store at some time early in his career. He also ran a hotel at the corner of Scott and Blackburn St. c. 1910 Lola Boettcher Lueck, his daughter clerked in the store in her youth. Plate probably predates 1920. No chips or cracks.

Acquisition

Accession

2001.0064

Source or Donor

Lueck, Barbara

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Plate, Commemorative, Documentary Artifact