Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
Object Number:
818
Date:
1920
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Container (box): 3 × 3 × 9/16 in. (7.6 × 7.6 × 1.4 cm)
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "G.L. TURNER"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "TURNER"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "REED & BARTON copyrighted"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing group of European settlers disembarking ship; inscription above: "1620-1920/LANDING OF THE/PILGRIMS AT PLYMOVTH"; in exergue: "21 DECEMBER 1620." Reverse depicts sailing vessel with inscription: "THE MAYFLOWER/IN WHOSE CABIN WAS SIGNED/THE COMPACT IN/CAPE COD HARBOR/21 NOV 1620." Medal inset into black square cardboard box with burgundy red textile interior.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
