Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Souvenir token
Object Number:
2002.1.1950
Date:
1933
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed log fortress and the words "A Century of Progress/ 1933/ Fort Dearborn/ Chicago". The reverse still legible 1917 penny. From the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Three of three, see also 2002.1.1948, 1949. Also 2002.1.1951, 1952 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
