Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.304
Date:
1909
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 25.1mm (1 in.)
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing right front-facing bust-length portrait; legend: "1609 1909/ Champlain [in script]". Reverse shows explorers in canoe, two state seals in exerg; legend: "THE TERCENTENARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN". Loop fused at top with hanger ring.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
