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:
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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. [...]
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