Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34029
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034029
Alternate number:
7-931 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1893
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Christopher Columbus
Place depicted:
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Commemorative medals
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
1893
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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