Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chicago Century of Progress Exposition Medal
Object Number:
1948.567
Date:
1933
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "ERZ"
Inscription: reverse, at left of field: "ZETTLER"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting stylized nude male figure flanked by vertically inscribed "RESEARCH" and "INDUSTRY", with dated below "1833 1933." Reverse has map of fairgrounds surrounded by legend: "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1933."
Gallery Label:
This medal was the official medal of the 1933 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago. The dies for it were executed by the Medallic Art Company.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Ripley Arnold Henrick
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
