Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medallion: Carnegie Hero Fund 1904
Object Number:
INV.5567
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: edge, at left: "SILVER"
Inscription: edge, at lower center: "J.E.CALDWELL & CO. PHILA"
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Andrew Carnegie facing right with legend: ".CARNEGIE. HERO. FUND./.ESTABLISHED APRIL 15th 1904." Reverse has ornate tablet at center inscribed: "AWARDED TO/SPECIMEN/PRESENTED TO/AMERICAN MUSEUM/OF/NATURAL HISTORY/NEW YORK, N.Y." and three heraldic emblems in ornate reserves upon world map; legend: ".GREATED LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
