Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34017
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034017
Alternate number:
7-919 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
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.
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:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office and 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 2-34017, 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.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34017, 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.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34017, 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.

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