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Name: Chalkware U.S. Capitol (lighted)
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Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art
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Description: It’s the Great Depression and you’ll do anything to bring a smile to the faces of your spouse and children. You scrape together some coins and treat your family to a day at a carnival that’s passing through town. All their faces light up when one of the kids wins a prize at a game.
The reward?
A 17-inch-tall by 12-inch-wide chalkware model of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Painted in red, white and blue, the building gives your family a sense of hope. Maybe President Roosevelt and the New Deal will lift the country out of the Depression. Maybe the new Congress will do some good.
You place the chalkware piece in your living room near the radio, staring at it during every fireside chat the president conducts – turning on the light bulb inside the Capitol to light up the room as everyone in the house imagines the president on one side of Pennsylvania and members of Congress listening from their offices on the other.
The chalkware Capitol leaves lasting memories for you and your children. You later will the piece to them ask that they preserve it for future generations of the family to enjoy.
They do that for several generations but eventually decide to let it go.
This piece rare piece of American history now sits waiting for a new home and maybe a person or family that will find new meaning in it that they in turn pass down for generations.
What does the Capitol mean to you, my fellow Americans? Buy this treasure today and make it your story.
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Condition: The overall condition is excellent, minus the flaking that is typical for chalkware because of the porous nature of the material. Many of the most sought-after chalkware pieces today are not nearly in this nice of a condition. Light works, too.
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Selling Price (USD): $ 300.00
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Location of Item: SILVER SPRING, Maryland (MD) 20910
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Shipping Costs (USD): $ 20.00
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