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Featured Artifact
Communion Tray
Early 20th Century
This tray was made in the days before church pews had receptacles on their backs for empty cups. By placing their empty cups in the larger holes on the outer row, church members were letting others know that those cups had been used. And, of course, those cups were lower in the tray and therefore less visible.
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