Sterling Silver Historical Plate 1913 No American Indian Memorial Fort Wadsworth

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Sterling Silver Historical Plate 1913 North American Indian Memorial Fort Wadsworth
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This is a wonderful American historical antique sterling silver plate with reeded edge by Unger Brothers, Newark, New Jersey. They were in business from 1872 to 1914. This plate is a Presidential presentation to Frank Shively who I found was a Native American of the Crow tribe who served as the Head Football Coach at Washington State College, now Washington State University, from 1898 to 1899. The presentation on the plate reads:
FRANK SHIVELY
FROM
RODMAN WANAMAKER
MEMORIAL
OF THE
FIRST ACT
BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN THE
NATIONAL TRIBUTE
TO THE
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN
AT FORT WADSWORTH
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
1913
There is a great Wikipedia page, with a picture, on the proposed memorial that never was built though President William Howard Taft broke ground on it on George Washington's Birthday in 1913. The Wikipedia page states that the design for the Memorial had a general concept drawn up by Sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Thomas Hastings. Rodman Wanamaker, of the famous Wanamaker Department Store family spearheaded the project and proposed the privately funded memorial at a banquet that was attended by Buffalo Bill Coty among other notable people. In 1911, Congress set aside the land at Fort Wadsworth for the project. From the Wikipedia page:
"On a rainy Washington's Birthday in 1913, President William Howard Taft broke ground with a silver spade amidst a massive ceremony that included at least two 21-gun salutes from nearby Battery Weed and a naval gunboat. Also in attendance were 32 or 33 American Indian chiefs, including Red Hawk and Two Moons.
It was soon discovered, however, that Wanamaker was not to be the donor of the cost of the project, but rather its chief fundraiser. Very little money was actually raised, and newspapers that were originally supportive now called the project "philanthropic humbug." With the advent of World War I in 1914, enthusiasm for the unfunded project on the site of a harbor defense installation waned. A bronze plaque that marked the site of the ground-breaking was gone by the 1960s at the latest."
Red Hawk and Two Moons, mentioned above, as far as I can tell were witnesses or participated in the Battle of Little Big Horn. This plate, presented to Frank Shively seems to be because he was present at the ground-breaking as part of the Native American contingent. Mr. Shively also has a Wikipedia page but not much more information about him, except what I mention above, is on it.
This wonderful sterling silver presentation plate is a great piece of historical Americana that never was. A museum piece? Maybe. What do you think?
A FANCY treasure you just got to HAVE for yourself or a loved one!
Condition:
The plate has small dents, small bends, and many light scratches. There is tarnish I wasn't able to quite get off. However, it is a wonderful piece of sterling silver with a historical value and interest and is otherwise in very good condition!
Approximate Dimensions:
9 3/4" diameter
This plate weighs about 330 grams of silver. (My scale is very tiny and it was hard to weigh it and see the read-out. So, please realize the weight is not necessarily dead-on accurate).
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