Haggard Family Bowl

Haggard Family Bowl

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Description
This white ceramic bowl was used in the dining room of the Haggard family home in Oklahoma and California. The bowl was obtained as a free gift in a sack of oatmeal or flour. James F. and Flossie Haggard left Oklahoma in 1935 after a fire destroyed their barn and its contents. The keepsake bowl was taken with them in their car and trailer trip to California via Route 66 in 1935. The Haggards and their children, Lillian and James Lowell, made their home near Bakersfield, and James found work with the Santa Fe Railway. Another son, Merle, was born in Bakersfield and began his singing career there.
Object Name
bowl
Date made
unknown
Physical Description
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 in x 8 in; 7.62 cm x 20.32 cm
ID Number
2003.0183.03
accession number
2003.0183
catalog number
2003.0183.03
Credit Line
Gift of James Lowell Haggard, Jr., Merle R. Haggard and Lillian Haggard Hoge
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America on the Move
Exhibition
America On The Move
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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