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Date of Work
1904
Identification #
UAP 2430
Additional Information
Pottery made from North Dakota clay was first displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Earle J. Babcock, Dean of College of Mining Engineering, was interested in promoting the properties of North Dakota clay. All the finished pieces, sewer pipe, paving brick, drain tiles, tableware, and decorative art pottery were made by potteries in Ohio, the J.B. Owen's Pottery Company and the Roseville Pottery Company.
Subject
Exposition; St. Louis; Missouri; St Louis World's Fair; Earle J. Babcock; Pottery; North Dakota Clay; Art; Decorative - Exhibitions; Pottery; Ceramics; Exhibitions; Exhibits; Pottery; American - Exhibitions; Fairs
Places Depicted
North Dakota--Grand Forks; Saint Louis (Mo.)
People Depicted
Babcock, E. J. (Earle Jay), b. 1865
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