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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.331
Date:
1909
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
height and width: 46 x 32.4mm (1 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Marks:
Obverse at bottom point: "BAMRICK PREUSS"; reverse at bottom point: "DIEGES AND CLUST"
Description:
Lead struck shield-shaped medal with obverse showing bust-length portraits of Hudson (left, with ruff) and Fulton bordered with laurel branches; legend: "HUDSON-FULTON/ CELEBRATION/SEPT.25th./TO/OCT.9th./ 1909". Reverse shows sailing ship at left and steamship at right; legend: "NEW YORK TO ALBANY/ HALF MOON CLERMONT/1609 1807/TER-CENTENARY/ CENTENARY". Loop fused to top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
