Souvenir/Miscellaneous

Souvenir & Miscellaneous

Souvenir Baltimore, MD

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

This mug features the great seal of Baltimore. A farmer and a fisherman, who symbolize Lord Baltimore's two estates in the new world (Maryland and Avalon, Newfoundland), support the shield of arms.

Saginaw
Saginaw, MI

Saginaw is a city in Michigan and the county seat of Saginaw County.

7D N.G.N.Y.
New York

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

This is a souvenir mug of the 7th infantry division, National Guard New York.

B.&O. S-W Railroad

c.1900 W/ Striker & Lid

In 1889, the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore (CW & B) railroad from Belpre to Cincinnati, was renamed the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern (B&O SW). By 1893, the B&O SW was absorbed by the Ohio & Mississippi railroad, which gave the B&O a connection to St. Louis. By 1900, the B&O SW disappeared into the rest of the system.

1894 Baltimore, Ohio Southwestern Stock Certificate

James Kennedy
Ohio

1906 W/ Striker

James Kennedy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was born in Lowellville, Ohio, in 1853, prepared for college at Poland Union Seminary, in Ohio, and graduated from Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1876. Kennedy studied law and was admitted to the bar in March 1879. He commenced to practice law in Youngstown, Ohio, where he also served as a member of the city council from April 1886 to November 1888. In 1894, he served as chairman of the Republican State convention at Steubenville, Ohio. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910, to the Sixty-second Congress. Kennedy resumed the practice of his profession in Youngstown. He later became affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1916, and unsuccessfully ran as a Democratic candidate for election in 1926, to the Seventieth Congress. He died in Youngstown on November 9, 1928.

James Kennedy (congressman) c.1906

1912 New Rochelle Yacht Club
New Rochelle, NY

1912 W/ Striker

The New Rochelle Yacht Club was organized in 1885 on Echo Island "up the Sound" with a view of the water which separates Long Island from New York. According to the September 1891 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, its fleet regularly held regattas with a list of entries that included the Atlantic, the Larchmont, the Seawanhaka, and New York.

New Rochelle Yacht Club c.1925

Presbyterian Church
Osakis, MN

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Osakis, Minnesota was founded in 1857 situated on the southwest shores of Lake Osakis..

Norwich, Conn. 1659-1909
Norwich, CT

1909 No Striker "England"

Celebrating Norwich's 250th anniversary as a city. Norwich was founded in 1659.

This cobalt demitasse stein has hand applied Sterling silver overlay.

In 1889 Oscar Pierre Erard of Birmingham, England developed a method of electroplating silver on glass and porcelain. Although beautiful on the outside, its shortcoming was that the reverse side of the silver next to the glass tarnished.

In 1893, John H. Scharling from New Jersey, patented a method of electroplating that would not tarnish. By 1895, the Czechs, Italians, French and Austrians also produced high-end glassware with sterling deposit and overlay.

From 1895 to the late 1920s, silver overlay and silver deposit were regarded as exquisite gifts or accent pieces. However, the Great Depression forced many of the glass companies to either go out of business or manufacture less expensive glassware. Thus the application of sterling silver overlay virtually ended by the mid-1930s.

White House, Washington D.C.

1931 W/ Striker

Merry Christmas 1931, C.W. Ferguson, Versailles, Indiana. Shows view of the White House on the opposite side.

Washington D.C.

c.1920s-1930s W/ Striker

Mugs shows Mt. Vernon, home of Washington on one side and the Capital in Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C.

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Washington D.C. souvenir mug with monk drinking a bottle of wine.

c.1900-1910 W/Striker

Souvenir Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls consists of three waterfalls which straddle the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York. From largest to smallest, the three falls consist of the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls.

The Horseshoe Falls lie mostly on the Canadian side and the American Falls entirely on the American side, separated by Goat Island. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls is also located on the American side, separated from the other waterfalls by Luna Island. The international boundary line was originally drawn through Horseshoe Falls in 1819, but the boundary has long been in dispute due to natural erosion and construction.

Niagara Falls State Park first opened in 1885 is New York's oldest state park. It is composed of an area on main land, and five islands on the Niagara River. Today, it covers more than 400 acres with nature and bike trails, paths, picnic facilities, and other activities and attractions.

Pack Square City Hall
Asheville, NC

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is the principal city in the four-county Ashville metropolitan area, with a population of 424,858 in 2010.

postcard

Souvenir of the Webfoot State
Prael, Hegele & Co., Portland, OR

c.1900-1910 (Black) No Striker 'Villeroy & Boch', W/Lid

c.1900-1910 (Green) No Striker 'Villeroy & Boch'

Prior to 1909, Oregon was known as "the Webfoot State"due to the large amounts of rain Oregon receives. The "Webfoot State" nickname is said to have originated with a group of Massachusetts fishermen who helped General George Washington defeat the British. When their ancestors migrated west of the Cascades and settled the Willamette Valley in the mid 1800s, the "Webfooter" name came with them.

Bottom showing Prael, Hegele & Co., Villeroy & Boch and Made in Germany marks.

c.1900-1910 No Striker 'Villeroy & Boch'

Prael, Hegele & Co. were wholesale dealers in crockery, china, glassware, art metal, art pottery and other house furnishings. The company was known as Charles Hegele & Co. from 1886 to 1900. Rudolph F. Prael joined Hegele in 1886 as a bookkeeper and became president in 1900. The company's name was then changed to Prael, Hegele & Co.. It was located on Thirteenth and Hoyt streets in Portland, Oregon. Around 1920, the building where the company operated was converted into a transfer and storage facility.

Matthews-Northup Adequate Travel-Atlas of the United States (Buffalo, NY: The Matthews-Northup Co., 1893)

1903 Pacific Monthly Ad

1882-1903 SJV
Unknown

1903 W/ Striker

No information could be found on this mug.

Chas. Dawson
Springfield, Ill

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

The only reference to a Charles Dawson I found was a Chas. Dawson, who operated a coal mine in Oak Hill, Illinois near Springfield.

King of Diamonds

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

This appears to be a souvenir mug but may have stood for something unknown.

Court House
Worthington, MN

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

The Nobles County Court House was built in 1877 at a cost of $1,124 on a block of land granted by the railroad in the heart of Worthington, Minnesota. In 1894, a new courthouse was built at a cost of $42,469. This structure was three-story's tall and made of red brick with a massive stone foundation featuring a tower and elaborate cornice work. The building was replaced during the 1970s with a new court house.

Oakland
Oakland, CA

Oakland is a major West Coast port city in the state of California. The Port of Oakland is the busiest port for San Francisco Bay and all of Northern California. The city was Incorporated in 1852, and is the county seat of Alameda County.

This cobalt demitasse stein has hand applied Sterling silver overlay.

Souvenir, Lookout, Wis.
Lookout, WI

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Lookout, Wisconsin was a small farming community located approximately 37 miles south of Eu Claire.

Cleveland
Cleveland, OH

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Hand painted with golfer.

Souvenir, Kensett, IA

c.1900-1910 W/ Striker

Kensett was named after a Baltimore oyster packer named Thomas Kensett, who promised to build a church in town if it was named after him. He never fulfilled his promise.(www.kensettia.com)