Commemorative medal

Museum number:

2-34031

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Alternate number:

7-933 (previous museum number (recataloged from))

Accession number:

Acc.369

Object count:

1

Description:

Commemorative medal; Scene of log cabins on a river; “Chicago, 1833, population 150 souls, area one square mile, veni, vidi, vici.” 2 coins Reverse description: “Chicago, 1893, population 1,500,00, area 176 square miles, souvenir of 60 years growth.” A list of the city’s statistics Content: Aluminum. 10.93 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

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

Accession date:

1908

Department:

Nonnative US and Canada (except California)

Legacy documentation: