Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
James J. Walker Plaquette
Object Number:
INV.5342
Date:
1929
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 x 5/16 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 x 0.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "KILENYI"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "W&H.CO.NEWARK N.J."
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing clothed bust of James Walker facing left. Reverse contains tablet with inscription: "'EACH SECTION OF NEW YORK CITY/IS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE. THE/RESIDENTS OF OUTLYING BOROUGHS/ARE ENTITLED TOT HE SAME/CONSIDERATION AS THOSE IN ANY/OTHER PART OF THE CITY. IN FACT,/IT SHOULD BE OUR CONSTANT AIM TO/MEET ADEQUATELY THE REQUIREMENTS/OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE/GREATER CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH/RELATION TO RAPID TRANSIT/FACILITIES, OPERATED AT A/MINIMUM COST. THE CITY OF NEW/YORK IS BIG ENOUGH AND GENEROUS/ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS/OF ALL AND PARTICULARLY THOSE/OF THE ROCKAWAYS, AS RAPIDLY/AND AS HUMANELY AS FINANICALLY POSSIBLE.'/JAMES J. WALKER."; inscription below: "ROCKAWAY PARK/JUNE 18, 1929."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
