Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal with accompanying documents
Title
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal with accompanying documents
Date
1927
Medium
Bronze; paper
Dimensions
diameter: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing image of train drawn by locomotive with allegorical nude male figure flying at right, with right arm stretched forward; legend: "ONE HUNDRED YEARS/SAFETY STRENGTH SPEED." Reverse depicts the first steam locomotive built in the United States with inscription in exergue: "PETER COOPER'S/"TOM THUMB"; legend within line border: "TGE.BALTIMORE. AND.OHIO.RAILROAD.COMPANY/.1827.1927."
Credit Line
Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Object Number
756
Marks
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: artist's monogram with trademark symbol below
Inscription: edge, at lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
