Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge in case in box
Object name
Badge in case in box
Date
1909
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 4 x 7 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Pin back badge; Bar suspension inscribed "Commission", grosgrain ribbon, circular medal. Obverse: Portraits in relief of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton border by the inscription "Henry Hudson - 1609 - Robert Fulton 1807", at bottom "1909"; reverse: Female figure in center holding a ship in each hand. Inscribed around border "Hudson Fulton Celebration, NY"
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Barbara B. Stevens
Object Number
1968.25
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
