Ltd Ed Castleton TWO Plates Dwight Eisenhower 1st Birthday in White House 1953

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Ltd Ed Castleton TWO Plates Dwight Eisenhower 1st Birthday in White House 1953:
$16.00

Eisenhower Birthday Plates (TWO)

NUMBERS 33 & 49

COMMEMORATIVE PLATES PRES. EISENHOWER FIRST BIRTHDAY IN WHITE HOUSE

Commemorative Plates issued in 1953 to celebrate President Dwight D. Eisenhower\'s First Birthday in the White House. The plates are a LIMITED EDITION, made expressly for the occasion by Castleton China in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Plates are dated - October 14, 1953 - and bears a gold facsimile signature of President Eisenhower. There are also 13 stars around the design. An explanation about the design is on the back. It states: \"The Pennsylvania Dutch symbols of the intertwined doves signifies Love and Peace for which our President firmly stands.\"

The plates are in excellent condition and appear unused.

This is a great piece of history never to be made again.

Here is the scoop, THE PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY PARTY was held at HERSHEY, PA that’s right ‘The Chocolate Town’, 13 October 1953 (Picture A shows the set up for the party).

At that time, this was the largest birthday party thrown for anyone - 6,000 invitees. And on the inside back cover of the program for this gala (Picture B) handed out at the President’s Birthday Party it reads: THE EISENHOWER BIRTHDAY PLATE. The Eisenhower birthday plate was originally designed as a souvenir for those attending the President’s Birthday Party. The first plate is being presented to President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the party and one is being given to each guest.

This beautiful plate was first displayed in selected store windows in Pennsylvania before the Birthday Party. Its appearance was greeted by numerous queries as to where it could be purchased. After hurried conferences, the Republican Finance Committee of Pennsylvania decided to authorize a second limited edition of the plate for general sale with a new back stamp. (example 1)

A second edition of the plate is identical to the first, except that it has a different back stamp. The First Edition (Picture C) back stamp notes that the recipient actually was in attendance at the party. The Second Edition (example 1) commemorates the occasion of the birthday in more general terms. The Faces of two editions are identical.

So there you have it, an original plate from a Presidential event and its Second Edition, a fundraising tool used to defray to costs of the birthday party itself.

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