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These two dish fragments were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Shown are a saucer with a floral transferware pattern and a relish dish made of yellow/canary depression glass. This dish has a molded floral and scrollwork pattern on the base. Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association, begun in 1916, eventually included a hospital, a cooperative farm, a school, a hotel, and provided homes for orphans and the elderly.
Date: 1919-1950
Item Number: 472323
Call Number: 14SH379-2-686 & 14SH379-2-1030
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472323
Business and Industry - Health care - Hospitals
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Dish
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Saucer
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
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