Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Historical Artifacts
Cast of medal:NY to Albany,Clermont trip
Object Number:
INV.2551
Date:
1909
Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 8 in. ( 1.3 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
relief: on obverse: "NEW YORK TO ALBANY / THE CLERMONT / H / ONE TRIP"
handwritten in pencil: on reverse: "Nov 8/09"
Description:
Circular, plaster cast plaque commemorating Robert Fulton's steamboat, the "Clermont"; relief image of steamboat at center of obverse surrounded by relief inscriptions.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
