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World's Fair Medal/Token

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 3 x width: 1 1/4 inches Dimension: Brass (alloy)
Identifier: aql:2548 2006.15.961WF39 QMOA

Description: One side depicts the Trylon and Perisphere and the other depicts the inauguration of George Washington. Attached to a short chain.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : One side depicts the Trylon and Perisphere and the other depicts the inauguration of George Washington. Attached to a short chain.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Washington, George, 1732-1799; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.)

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Type : commemorative medals

Format : height: 3 x width: 1 1/4 inches; Brass (alloy)

Identifier : aql:2548 2006.15.961WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Washington, George, 1732-1799; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.)
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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