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Start Over Object class Placeholder record (no associated object) Collection place World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-917, described as Auditorium building in Chicago commemorative of the World’s Colombian Fair, 1893. Reverse Description: Inscription.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-939, 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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-928, described as Medal; “Christopher Columbus, born 1458, died 1506”; bust of Columbus holding a map. Reverse description: “Souvenir World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1892-1893”; “1492-1892, IV Centennial” overview of Exposition’s grounds with the Atlantic ocean and Columbus’s ship in the background.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-932, 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 Recataloged, accession number 7-936, 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 Recataloged, accession number 7-925, 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 Recataloged, accession number 7-920, 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 Recataloged, accession number 7-926, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1893. “World’s Columbian Exposition” Chicago 1892-3; Statue of Columbus holding map of New World on obverse. On reverse “1492”; picture of Columbus’ landing; “1892” picture of the Administration Building.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-919, described as Medal. Overhead view of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1902-1893; global view of North America; legend “world’s Fair Souvenir” Reverse description: “Pat’d December 1, 1891;” global view of North America; Landing of Columbus in America, October 12th, 1492.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-930, 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.

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