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Souvenir Plate from New Mexico
Souvenir Plate from New Mexico
Souvenir Plate from New Mexico

Souvenir Plate from New Mexico

Dateca. 1950
Mediumglazed porcelain
Dimensions1 × 9 3/4 in. (2.5 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Helen Grevey in memory of her husband Jay D. Hertz
Object numberPC2021.1.6
DescriptionRound, white plate with a ridged outer border and a maroon-painted floral design. The images and text on the plate is monochrome, in maroon. Near the center is the word "Albuquerque" above an image of the Municipal Airport and two Indigenous people wrapped in blankets "greeting" the plane. Decorated (clockwise from top) with images of the post office and Federal Building, saguaro cacti, the Indian Building and the Alvarado Hotel, a weaver, Central Avenue, a silver worker, the Administration Building of the University of New Mexico, and more cacti.
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