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Columbia River Historical Expedition Plaque

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Date:

ca 1926.

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

3637440

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National Medal Collection

Columbia River Historical Expedition Plaque
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Date(s):

ca 1926.

Place:

Canada; United States:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 plaque : lead ; 133.25 gr
Support 66.000 x 86.000 mm

Language of material:

English

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Souvenir plaque created for the Columbia River Historical Expedition of 1926 planned by the Great Northern Railway. The expedition of about 160 persons, which included American high school students, French students, state governors, railroad officials and historical researchers, left Chicago by special train on July 15th 1926 and travelled across the American Northwest to Portland and back by July 27th. Second expedition of its kind after the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition of 1925, the Columbia River Historical Expedition travelled through and / or stopped at cities, towns and locations such as Minneapolis, Fargo, Grand Forks, Fort Union, Fort Benton, Great Falls, Bonners Ferry, Spokane, Wishram, Portland, Longview and Glacier Park.

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Location of originals note:

Item is a replica of the La Vérendrye plate kept in the South Dakota State Historical Society Museum.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: PARTIR - Sur la route des francophones Curators: Vincent Giguère, Musée de la Civilisation, Musée de l'Amérique francophone, Québec, Qc.; 2010.03.09 - 2020.03.01

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: .ANNO. XXVI. REGNI LVDOVICI. XV. PROREGE: / .ILLVSTRISSIMO DOMINO. DOMINO MARCHIONE: / DE BEAVHARNOIS M.D.CCXXXXI: / PETRVS GAVLTIER DE LAVERENDRIE POSVIT:, Inscription: reverse: POSE PAR LE / CHE[V?]ALYET DE L['A?]R / T[ost?] LOUY LA LONDETTE / A MIOTTE / LE 30 D MARS 1743 / COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORICAL EXPEDITION / JULY 1926 / COMPLIMENTS OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

Related material:

Two other La Vérendrye Plaque replicas are at Library and Archives Canada; see medal file numbers 7740 and 5926.
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commemoration

heraldry
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
05216
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-5216

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