M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1942-1965
name: label: Created by
content: Mary Alice Hadley, American, 1911 - 1965
label: Manufactured by
content: Hadley Pottery Company, American, founded 1940
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.34a: A large ceramic M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The vessel is primarily off white with a rural motif painted in blue, green and red. The front depicts a farmer standing next to his wife. The farmer is holding a rake upright in his proper right hand. He is wearing a white shirt with green dot accents, white pants, brown shoes, and a wide brim hat. A green kerchief is tied around his neck. On his proper left side is his wife. They are standing side by side with her proper left arm linked through his proper right arm. She is depicted wearing a white dress with a ruffled collar and a pleated skirt with red accents around the edge of the ruffle and the bottom of the skirt. She also has a red bow tied in her hair. The pair are standing in a grassy field with a pig, flowers, birds, and a tree in the background. The interior of the cooler is off-white and is signed by the artist at the bottom in blue paint that reads [M.A. Hadley]. The silver toned spigot at the base of the cooler is metal with a black rubber gasket.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.34b: A ceramic M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cooler lid is round in shape with a round, button handle at the top. It is primary off-white with thick bands of blue, gray, and dark blue around the lip of the lid. The bottom of the cooler lid is off-white and is signed by the artist around one edge in blue paint that reads [M.A. Hadley].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Louisville, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.34ab
objectType: label: Type
content: water coolers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ceramic, metal and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 11 15/16 × 12 3/16 × 10 13/16 in. (30.4 × 31 × 27.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.34a): 11 7/16 × 12 3/16 × 10 13/16 in. (29.1 × 31 × 27.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.34b): 1 × 8 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (2.5 × 21.5 × 21.5 cm)