1911 OHIO porcelain license plate (12/05/2007)

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1911 OHIO porcelain license plate

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Sold Date: 12/05/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Transportation and Vehicles

1911 OHIO, Porcelain license plate,

This license plate14" x 5-1/2"and was made by the Ingram Richardson Manufacturing Company of Beaver Falls , PA. this license plate has some flakin on it but pretty much is in stctrathless condition

Ingram Richardson Manufacturing Company, known as Ing-Rich, was started in 1901 by Louis Ingram and Ernest Richardson in Beaver Falls, PA. They came from the Birmingham , England area in the late 1880's and were two of the original, industrious pioneers of porcelain enameling industry. Their partnership helped build Ing-Rich into one of the largest enameling businesses in America for over fifty years.

Their signs were quality made and had a unique toughness and durability in so much that they guaranteed their signs not to fade or tarnish for years.

Ing-Rich had plants in Beaver Falls, PA and Frankfort, IN and at one point in the 1920's, a facility in Bayonne, NJ. Most signs were enameled at the Beaver Falls plant. The Frankfort plant was originally built in 1916 to supply porcelain table tops to the kitchen cabinet industry.

Ing-Rich not only designed and produced porcelain signs, but also enameled various other porcelain products such as license plates, washboards, refrigerator linings, bathroom sinks, bath tubs, and architectural panels. They held numerous patents and actually made one of the first all porcelain gas stoves. They also converted their plants during World Wars I and II and the Korean War to assist our country's efforts in producing armor plating for tanks, stamping out shell casings, and machining various aircraft parts. Ing-Rich was awarded the Army Navy "E" award for their contributions. At its peak, Ing-Rich employed close to 1,000 people.

The Beaver Falls plant was sold in the early 1960's and was shut down shortly tafter. To this day though, parts of its buildings still remain. Also, a group of Ing-Rich enthusiasts placed a Pennsylvania Historical Marker t in 2001 to commemorate Ing-Rich's 100th year anniversary.

The Frankfort plant, even though it was sold several times, continued to operate and supply frit to the enameling industry up until the early 1980's.

This porcelain license plate is an excellent example of Ing-Rich's porcelain design and durability.

This plate is guaranteed to be original.