Commemorative medal

Museum number:
2-34020
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034020
Alternate number:
7-922
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1892. “World’s Columbian Exposition” and view of Administration Building on obverse. On reverse three separate views of buildings.
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:
1892
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
linear 37 millimeters and weight 7.83 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34020, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1892. “World’s Columbian Exposition” and view of Administration Building on obverse. On reverse three separate views of buildings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34020, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1892. “World’s Columbian Exposition” and view of Administration Building on obverse. On reverse three separate views of buildings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Commemorative medal, accession number 2-34020, described as Aluminum medal from Chicago minted in 1892. “World’s Columbian Exposition” and view of Administration Building on obverse. On reverse three separate views of buildings.

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