Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William H. Taft Presidential Medal
Object Number:
1966.107
Date:
1909
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/16 in. ( 7.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at left of field: "Barber"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "MORGAN"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of William Taft facing right with legend: "WILLIAM H. TAFT." Reverse depicts seated Columbia holding scroll, with the Capitol building in background; inscription in exergue, with laurel branch at left: "INAUGURATED/PRESIDENT . OF . THE/UNITED . STATES/MARCH 4./1909."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
