These tiles were made from 1879 until 1929 for the Jones, McDuffee & Stratton company doing business at 33 Franklin St., Boston, MA, and also, briefly, in Chicago. They were made by Wedgwood, perhaps as advertising for their American view tiles or (more likely) the extensive line of historic plates. In the earlier years the color scheme was varied, peaking in the polychrome (multicolor) version of the 1896 tile. Unfortunately, as of 1902 they were only produced in brown. The only production data known is that in 1910, 12,000 tiles were ordered. Some Jones, McDuffee & Stratton trade cards and ephemera also have similar calendars. These Wedgwood tiles also exist for other retailers. There are also calendar tiles of the same era made by Minton, American Encaustic Tiling Co. and new ones made by Quimper. The earliest known example of a transfer calendar on tile is 1824! Some interesting porcelain paperweights also feature 1892 & 1893 calendars.



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	represent the known color varieties. (78 known)
	represent the known color varieties of this tile with no calendar. (24 known)
	represents a 6"x6" tile with the same picture. (13 known) Click this icon to see the larger tile.
	appears on an edge of all tiles from 1917-1929.

1879 Blank	1880 Blank
1881 Washington's Head Quarters	1882 Washington Statue, Public Garden
1882 Bonner's Map of Boston, 1722	1883 Ribbon Badge
1884 (Unknown)	1885 Bonner's Map of Boston, 1722
1886 Portland Vase	1887 S.S.Brittania & S.S.Etruria
1888 Josiah Wedgwood	1889 Fanueil Hall
1890 Old State House	1891 Adjacent Lean-to Houses, Quincy
1892 Mount Vernon	1893 Independence Hall - Philadelphia
1894 Boston Public Library	1895 State House - Boston
1896 Trinity Church	1897 Federal Street Theatre
1898 King's Chapel	1899 Washington Elm
1900 John Hancock House	1901 Bunker Hill Monument
1902 Old North Church	1903 Elmwood, House of James Russell Lowell
1904 U.S.S. Constitution	1905 The Stephenson & 20th Century Locomotives
1906 Jones, McDuffee, Stratton Co. Store	1907 Harvard Stadium
1908 Harvard Medical School	1909 Museum of Fine Arts
1910 The Mayflower	1911 U.S.S. Constitution & Battleship Florida
1912 Cunard Line Dock	1913 Pier 46 Mystic Wharves
1914 Pier Head of Commonwealth Docks	1915 Boston Customs House
1916 M.I.T.	1917 Section of U.S. Navy Yard
1918 Boston Light	1919 Memorial Hall Harvard University
1920 The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor	1921 John Harvard
1922 The Cathedral Church	1923 The Minuteman Statue Concord
1924 The Appeal to the Great Spirit	1925 The Flying Cloud
1926 Coolidge Homestead	1927 Longfellow's Wayside Inn
1928 Plymouth Rock	1929 House of the Seven Gables

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