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Start Over Object class Commemorative medals Collection place Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Collector Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34023, described as Obverse: “World’s Colombian Exposition”; view of the Administration Building; two coins. Reverse description: “Greatest Mechanical achievement of the Age”; “ferris Wheel”; Diameter 3.3 cm; weight 5.92 grams.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34025, described as Medal; “The Discovery of America 1492,” “World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1892-93”; a bust of Columbus Reverse description: Busts of the first 23 presidents of the United States, with George Washington in the center, “The Presidents of the United States of America” Content; Aluminum, 20.18 grams.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34015, described as Auditorium building in Chicago commemorative of the World’s Colombian Fair, 1893. Reverse Description: Inscription.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34031, described as Commemorative medal; Scene of log cabins on a river; “Chicago, 1833, population 150 souls, area one square mile, veni, vidi, vici.” 2 coins Reverse description: “Chicago, 1893, population 1,500,00, area 176 square miles, souvenir of 60 years growth.” A list of the city’s statistics Content: Aluminum. 10.93 grams.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34036, described as Bronze commemorative medal from Chicago. On obverse “U.S. Gov’t. Building”; a picture of the building and a list of its dimensions. On reverse “World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893”; “Treasury Department, United States Mint Exhibit”
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34019, described as Bust of Columbus: “Christophe Columbe”; “Consillo. Ht. Animis.” Reverse Decription: “world’s Colombian Exposition”; Picture of Columbus landing in New World.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34029, described as Medal; Bust of Christopher Columbus; “Memento of the World’s Fair, Chicago 1893” Reverse description: Angels and Cupids with torches floating over a beach with cowering Indians in the foreground. Bronze, 102.10 grams.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34034, described as Bronze commemorative medal from Chicago. On obverse a bust of Columbus; “Worlds Fair” On reverse the Lords Prayer.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34022, described as “World’s Colombian Exposition”; view of the Administration Building; two coins. Reverse description: “Greatest Mechanical achievement of the Age”; “ferris Wheel”; Dimensions given.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34037, described as Commemorative medal; Masonic Fraternity Temple, Chicago Reverse description: “Highest Commercial Building in the World”; “808 feet high, 20 stories and promenade deck, 16 elevators, carrying capacity 5,000 persons per day, Estimated value $4,500,000” Content: Aluminum, 13.30 grams.

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