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World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-93: Landing of Columbus and Administration Building

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Date:

n.d.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3637638

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National Medal Collection

World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-93: Landing of Columbus and Administration Building
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

n.d.

Place:

Chicago, United States

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal / médaille : white metal ; 032.81 gr
Support 50.000 x mm

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Physical description note:

Obverse: view of a domed building with trees (?) in foreground., Reverse: a kneeling male figure in costume (?) and holding a sword and a flag is surrounded by semi-naked male figures with bows and arrows and wearing short skirts and feathered crowns on the left, and in the right three make figures in skirted costumes with a fourth figure prostrate on the ground; behind are hills, trees, water, and a several masted sailing ship; encircling is a row of five-pointed stars.

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Inscription: obverse: LANDING OF COLUMBUS / * 1492 *, Inscription: reverse: WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO / * 1893 * / ADMINISTRATION / BUILDING / MADE IN GERMANY, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment
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commemoration

event architecture
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
05373
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[Consultation90 Open]

Medals 5373

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-5373

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