71.08

Plate, Commemorative

1920 Approximate

Boat Landing Commemorative Plate. Material: ceramic and textile. Size: 6" diameter. Description: white glazed porcelain, delicately scalloped and pierced edging; white taffeta ribbon woven through inner border and tied at the top into a bow hanger; center multicolored graphic: red roofed wooden building beside lake scene with steamboat; captioned: "Boat Landing, Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn."

Original owner: Olga Alexanderson of New Richland, well known for her rug weaving skills. Donor is Mrs. Alexanderson's grandson. Waseca business: Boat Landing. Co-Doner is Baker's sister: Darlene Baker Halstead.