Commemorative medal
- Museum number:
- 2-34023
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020034023
- Alternate number:
- 7-925 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
- Accession number:
- Acc.369
- Description:
- 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.
- 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:
- Aluminum (metal)
- 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)
- Dimensions:
- weight 5.92 grams and diameter 33 millimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-