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Souvenir of Tavistock

This small 5 1/2" plate was an early donation to our collection. The wording reads:

LUTHERN CHURCH, SEBASTOPOLE, AND
SOUVENIR OF TAVISTOCK, ONT.

The picture is a well-rendered drawing of Trinity Lutheran Church surrounded by maple leaves. It doesn't take an experienced curator to quickly note two interesting aspects:

(1) Look at the wording. Put on your schoolteacher glasses for a closer inspection. Two spelling errors in a two-line title? Yes, there are. It should be Lutheran, not Luthern and Sebastopol, not Sebastopole.