Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.316
Date:
1898
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 36.5mm (1 7/16 in.)
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing right front-facing bust-length portrait of hatted Columbus; legend: "WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/ CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS/ 1492." Reverse shows turreted building viewed from ground level; legend: "SOUVENIR OF THE INDIANA BUILDING CHICAGO/ 1816"; in exerg.: "1898".
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
