Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.128
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 38.1mm (1 1/2 in.)
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse showing (at left center) right-facing hatted bust-length portrait of Columbus labeled "COLUMBUS" and (at right center) left-facing bust-length portrait labeled "C.W.G. FERRIS". Legend around edge: "SOUVENIR MEDAL/ WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO". Legend in center above portraits: 1492 1893"; below portraits: "THE/ FERRIS/ WHEEL/ DIMENSIONS/ HEIGHT 264 FEET WEIGHT 4300 TONS/ CAPACITY 2160 PERSONSENGINES 200 HORSE POWER". Reverse shows ferris wheel at center; legend: "FERRIS WHEEL/ GREATEST MECHANICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AGE."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
