Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medallion
Object Number:
2002.1.4752
Date:
1881
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
A dark gold colored metal medallion embossed on one side with a horse and carriage marked "Richmond, VA.", encircled by "Chew Shell [?]ad Tobacco/ R.A. Patterson Tobacco Company", and on the reverse, a laurel wreath around "First Award Of Merit/ The International Cotton Exposition/ Atlanta, GA., 1881".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
