Printing Plate with Image of a Conestoga Wagon

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Printing plate

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.0.6.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Copper (Metal)
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Copper (Color)
Brown
White (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Length: 2.0 in
Width: 3.625 in
Height: 1.0 in

Inscriptions

handwritten at top of label on block: 6 printed on label on block: The Conestoga Wagon / This is the real "Covered Wagon," the "Prairie Schooner," whose original / name is the Conestoga Wagon. It is a genuine American product and marked / an era in American transportation comparatively as important as that marked / by the locomotive. [...]
Printing Plate with Image of a Conestoga Wagon