Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Herbert Hoover Presidential Medal
Object Number:
1966.129
Date:
1929
Medium:
Gilt bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at left: "SINNOCK"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "SINNOCK"
Description:
Gilt bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Herbert Hoover facing right with legend above: ". PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . "; date at left of image: "MCMXXIX"; inscription at right of image: "HERBERT/HOOVER." Reverse depicts standing allegorical female figure of Columbia on low pedestal, flanked by fasces; with inscription: "ENGINEER SCHOLAR/INAUGURATED/MARCH 4-1929/STATESMAN HUMANIST."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Henry O. Havemeyer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
