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Start Over Collection place Southern Great Lakes states, United States Culture or time period American cultures Place depicted World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Coin: souvenir, accession number 2-34035, described as Silver medal from Chicago, minted 1893. Obverse side: a re-stamped Liberty Head Nickel of 1893 with “Columbian 1893 Exposition” stamped on the coin’s original reverse which is now the medal’s obverse. On the reverse the original Liberty Head shows through smooth surface.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34018, described as Scene of Columbus at the rudder; “guanahani”; “12, October 1492”; Chicago, 2 October, 1892. Reverse description” “Esposizione Universale, Chicago 1893, In Memoria Dell’Illustre Navigatore Christoforo Colombo.”
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 2-34028, described as Medal; “World’s Columbian Exposition, 1892, 1893, Chicago”; a scene of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with busts of Columbus and Washington. Reverse description: Two scenes; “Discovery of America, October 1492”, “Landing of the Pilgrims, December 1620” Content; Ag, 95.10 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 2-34034, 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 2-34029, 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 2-34032, described as Bronze commemorative medal. On obverse bust of Columbus; “World’s Fair, Columbus”. On the reverse the Lords Prayer.

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