Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.142
Date:
1892
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 39.7mm (1 9/16 in.)
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse showing right-facing bare headed bust-length portrait of Columbus (features blurred); legend: "400TH ANNIVERSARY/ 1492-1892". Reverse legend: "CELEBRATION/ OF/ DISCOVERY/ OF/ AMERICA./ NEW HAVEN/ OCT.11TH 1892." Housing for loop fused to top, not pierced.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
