Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Travel/ medallion
Object Number:
2002.1.3176
Date:
1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 2 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A bronze medallion with a very raised relief on one side of a portrait of a man with a high collar marked "Harvey S. Firestone/ Founder. On the reverse, a central circular plaque embossed "50 Years of Firestone Service/ 1900-1950" encircled by embossed relief images of men extracting rubber from trees, a horse drawn carriage, an early auto, a later auto, a truck, chemistry flasks, a tractor, a hotrod racer, construction equpiment and an airplane.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
