Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Laying of the first Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable medal
Object Number:
2008.42.195
Date:
1858
Medium:
Bronze
Marks:
Obverse center bottom: "TIFFANY & CO."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing allegorical figures representing Europe and America flanking a globe; reverse shows two ships at sea; legend: "FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/ AND CITIZENS OF NEW YORK,"; in exergue.: "COMMEMORATIVE OF THE PART TAKEN/ BY HIM,/ IN LAYING THE/ FIRST/ TRANSATLANTIC CABLE/ BETWEEN/ EUROPE AND AMERICA, IN AUGUST, A.D. 1858."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
