Vintage silver on copper bowl Lodi grape wine festival

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Beautiful ornate large silver on copper bowl from the Lodi grape and wine festival with lots of scroll work 12" x 4 1/2" just a great piece it weighs over2 1/2 lbs. I was told this came from the depression era a wonderful piece of history. The bowl is in good condition it was black when I got it, I cleaned it but not perfect you might have to clean it some yourself.When the gates swing open on Sept. 16, the Lodi Grape Festival will present the community's annual harvest celebration that has spanned a remarkable 70 years. The famed wooden arch on Pine Street that was erected for the 1907 Tokay Carnival. (Courtesy photo) Born during the waning years of the Great Depression in 1934, the community-wide festival has weatd the turbulent years of World War II, wars in Korea, Vietnam. The Lodi Grape Festival has adapted with the changing times and grown in tandem with the city's surging population over 70 years from 6,000 people in 1934 to around 60,000 today. The festival's roots actually go back 97 years ago to 1907. That year, city leaders staged the Tokay Carnival, an elaborate three-day event that was officially Lodi's first community-wide grape harvest celebration. But it was only held that one year. The Tokay Carnival was a lavish affair and a pure promotional effort by Lodi businessmen. Just the previous year, Lodi had been incorporated as a city, and community members were anxious to promote the region and its fiery red flame tokay grapes. The carnival's bold goal was "to advertise to the world the beauty and value of the tokay grape," according to papers of the late Maurice Hill, a Lodi resident at the time. An immense group of volunteers, directed by a 27-member executive committee of businessmen, sought donations and pulled everything together for the huge event, which was held downtown on Pine Street and Southern Pacific Railroad Park along Sacramento Street. As entrances to the carnival, two arches were built in 1907. A temporary wooden arch on Pine Street was built, and then torn down after the carnival. The mission-style cement arch spanning Pine Street, built specifically for the first harvest celebration, still stands today. The Tokay Carnival featured a queen and king reigning over the festivities, band concerts, a Wild West show, vaudeville acts, numerous displays and a parade down the dirt streets of downtown Lodi. The 1907 Tokay Carnival was a great success. However, it was a huge undertaking for volunteers and funding was inadequate. T was some talk of continuing the carnival the next year, but no harvest celebrations were held for the next 27 years. A festival is reborn On April 3, 1934, Lodi Police Chief Clarence Jackson hosted a huge enchilada feed thanking the men who helped police quell the labor unrest during the grape harvest in 1933. This group of community-minded men called themselves the Mustachio Club because the law enforcement volunteers reportedly grew mustaches in order to look different than the strikers. During the banquet, this community-minded group of Lodi men came up with an idea to resurrect the harvest celebration. The 1935 Eagles' Hall First Mustachio Club Banquet. It was the Mustachio Club, under the leadership of then Acting Police Chief Clarence S. Jackson, which was the driving force in creating the Lodi Grape Festival and Harvest Fair. (Courtesy photo) The community was ready for a celebration and optimistic about the future for the first time in years. The bleakest years of the Great Depression were over. Prohibition, the national law that prohibited the sale and manufacture of wine and other alcohol, was repealed in December 1933. Lodi grape growers, winemakers and the entire community looked forward to prosperous times again. Be sure to check out my other auctions!! I will do combined shipping at $2.00 per extra item. I do charge a small handling fee, which is included in the shipping price. I appreciate your confidence and thank you for bidding. I welcome all questions. If you cannot send payme... read more

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