Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company; Fuchs, Emil (1866-1929) -- Sculptor
- Date:
- 1909
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- D-0.5 Dia-7.6 cm
- Description:
- Commemorative medal, Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909. Circular cast silver medal. Obverse: image of Henry Hudson on deck of ship; text around perimeter, "DISCOVERY OF HUDSON RIVER BY HENRY HUDSON A.D. MDCIX / THE AMERICAN / NUMISMATIC SOCIETY / HUDSON-FULTON / CELEBRATION COMM."; image of ship at bottom, with words "HALVE'' and "MAENE" on either end. Reverse: image of three seated women; woman in center is holding model of a steamboat; portrait bust of man in wreath at top, identified as "ROBERT FULTON / 1765 1815"; text at bottom, "FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION / ON THE HUDSON RIVER / 1807"; name at lower right "E.FUCHS". Edge stamped "STERLING 86 WHITEHEAD-HOAG".
- Subjects:
- Commemorative objects, Hudson River, Medals, Steamboats, Explorers, Hudson, Henry, Fulton, Robert
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Collection Name:
- Inventory
- Item Number:
- 1975.599.02
- Accession Number:
- 1975.599
- Type of Material:
- Objects
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- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Participating Organization:
- New Hampshire Historical Society
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