"Tempe, Arizona 1871 Centennial 1971"--porcelain, green ink portraits

Date1971

Mediumceramic

Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Terms

Catalog number92.17.1

DescriptionCeramic plate with text Tempe Arizona 1817 Centennial. 100 logo in the center with ink graphics around the plate of Tempe locations. Displays Grady Gammage Auditorium; Hayden's Flour Mill - 1871; "News Printing Office - 1886; Municipal Building - 1971; Arizona Territorial Normal School - 1886; Charles T. Hayden's Casa Vieja - 1871."

Stamped on back in green ink:
"Tempe, Arizona 1871 - Centennial - 1971
Prehistoric Hoho Kam Indians built settlements and
canals in the shadow of Tempe Butte.
Tempe Village, earlier called Hayden's Ferry, began
when C. T. Hayden established a ferry (1871) and later
built a store and water-powered flour mill. The first
Post Office was established in 1872.
For many years Tempe was a sleepy, slow-growing
agricultural town.
About 1945 it began to awaken and is today a beutiful
busy city of 62,000 with Arizona State University
enrolling over 26,000."
Kettlesprings Kilns, Alliance Ohio 2056-S

Status

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