Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1927.59
Medium:
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Norfolk and Western Railway Medal
Object Number:
1954.102
Date:
1952
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Container (box): 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 × 9/16 in. (8.1 × 8.1 × 1.4 cm)
Marks:
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE"
Inscription: box, inside cover, imprinted in black: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Inscription: obverse, in exergue, at right: "RALPH.J.MENCONI.Sc."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing image of old-fashioned locomotive at center with Norfolk and Western Railway logo within circle above; surrounding legend: "A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO ROANOKE, VIRGINIA"; inscription in exergue: "NOVEMBER 1ST/1852 - 1952." Reverse depicts three modern trains with inscription above, at left: "Norfolk/and/Western/RAILWAY." Medal is inset into square cream-colored cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Medallic Art Co.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
