Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34021
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-923 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Aluminum medal from Chicago, minted in 1893. On obverse busts of Columbus and C. W. G. Ferris; inscription “World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Souvenir Medal”; 1492, 1893”; “The Ferris Wheel Dimensions” and lists dimensions. On reverse “Ferris Wheel, Greatest Mechanical Achievement of the Age” and picture of the Ferris Wheel.
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 2-34021, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago, minted in 1893. On obverse busts of Columbus and C. W. G. Ferris; inscription “World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Souvenir Medal”; 1492, 1893”; “The Ferris Wheel Dimensions” and lists dimensions. On reverse “Ferris Wheel, Greatest Mechanical Achievement of the Age” and picture of the Ferris Wheel.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34021, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago, minted in 1893. On obverse busts of Columbus and C. W. G. Ferris; inscription “World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Souvenir Medal”; 1492, 1893”; “The Ferris Wheel Dimensions” and lists dimensions. On reverse “Ferris Wheel, Greatest Mechanical Achievement of the Age” and picture of the Ferris Wheel.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34021, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago, minted in 1893. On obverse busts of Columbus and C. W. G. Ferris; inscription “World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Souvenir Medal”; 1492, 1893”; “The Ferris Wheel Dimensions” and lists dimensions. On reverse “Ferris Wheel, Greatest Mechanical Achievement of the Age” and picture of the Ferris Wheel.

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