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Title |
SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988 |
Object Name |
Plate, Commemorative |
Description |
SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988. White glazed porcelain plate has gold paint along outer edge. Front of plate is painted with imagery depicting the samTrans North Base Operation and Maintenance Facility in the center with two seagulls standing on either side. Clockwise, beginning at 1:00 O'clock on front of plate is an image of the building with a bus out front and a balloon on the roof with a sign that says, "HERES / THE BASE"; a train breaking through a banner held by two figures which says, "samTra … THE 'NEW CALTRAIN"; an image of the football field at Stanford University; a two section bus; a pumpkin patch with a bus in the background; a "REDI-WHEELS" camper-style bus, and a bus parked beneath a BART train. In center below image of building is printed, "JANUARY 1988 / DEDICATION." Back of plate has dedication "to the memory of John T. Mauro, First General Manager of the District, for his foresight and vision for public transit." |
Date |
January 1988 |
Catalog Number |
2015.019.001 |
Dimensions |
H-10.25 W-10.25 D-1 inches |
Dimension Details |
As would be displayed on a wall. |
Collection |
3D - Documentary Objects |
Inscription Text |
"San Mateo County Transit District / South San Francisco, California / Presented on the occasion of the opening of / the SamTrans North Base Maintenance and / Operations Facility. Dedicated to the / memory of John T. Mauro, First General Manager / of the District, for his foresight and vision / for public transit. / January 1988 / No. 133 of 150" (written on back of plate in black script; "133" written in gold) |
Provenance |
Presented to the donor and/or his wife, as well as other reporters, who attended the 1988 dedication ceremony ofr the samTrans North Base Operations and Maintenance Facility. |
Notes |
http://gosamtrans.tumblr.com/post/119532248984/thowbackthursday-mid-1980s-north-base-bus [image of SamTrans North Base under construction found online 8-11-2015] |
Search Terms |
Bart Buses - SamTrans Dishes Football Mauro, John Pumpkin Fields SamTrans San Mateo County-Transit District South San Francisco Stanford Trains Trains - CalTrain |
Subjects |
Birds Buses Dishes Football Pumpkins Stadiums Trains Transportation Transportation facilities Transportation industry |
People |
Mauro, John |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Don Shoecraft |