Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34024
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-926 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1893. “World’s Columbian Exposition” Chicago 1892-3; Statue of Columbus holding map of New World on obverse. On reverse “1492”; picture of Columbus’ landing; “1892” picture of the Administration Building.
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:
linear 37 millimeters and weight 5.91 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34024, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1893. “World’s Columbian Exposition” Chicago 1892-3; Statue of Columbus holding map of New World on obverse. On reverse “1492”; picture of Columbus’ landing; “1892” picture of the Administration Building.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34024, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1893. “World’s Columbian Exposition” Chicago 1892-3; Statue of Columbus holding map of New World on obverse. On reverse “1492”; picture of Columbus’ landing; “1892” picture of the Administration Building.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34024, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1893. “World’s Columbian Exposition” Chicago 1892-3; Statue of Columbus holding map of New World on obverse. On reverse “1492”; picture of Columbus’ landing; “1892” picture of the Administration Building.

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