Offered here are two commemorative plates from Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. Home of the "Little Ohio State Fair" and boyhood home, family homestead and tannery mill of Ulysses S. Grant.
Historical Memorial Plate
Georgetown, Ohio
150th Anniversary, 1819 - 1869
1969 release and sale of 10" curved commemorative plate
blue on white on front, gold stamping on back
Front: Pictures of Grant / Hamer, town name (Georgetown), years commemorated (1819 - 1969), words: "HISTORY HOLDS THE KEY FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD" and "150th" Anniversary, encircled by border.
Depictions of homes and building of historical significance
Grant School House
Grant Tannery
Original Courthouse, 1823
Ulysses S. Grant Homestead, 1824
John D. White Home of 1824 (oldest standing building)
Gen. Thomas L. Hamer Home, 1834
Edward Thompson "Tunnel" Grist Mill, 1845
Dr. George Bailey Home, early prominent physician
New Courthouse, 1851, Designed by Hubbard Baker
Back: Stamped in gold is a brief historical review, dated 1856
