Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34037
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034037
Alternate number:
7-939 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
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.
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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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