2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron

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Catskill Aqueduct Medal

Catskill Aqueduct Medal
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
Title
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
Date 
1917
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Daniel Chester French
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Medallic Art Co.
Medium 
Bronze
Dimensions 
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Description 
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing idealized female head representing Columbia crowned with laurel wreath within beaded border. Reverse depicts nude allegorical male figure pouring water; inscription: "TO COMMEMORATE THE COMPLETION/OF THE CATSKILL AQUEDUCT/AN ACHIEVEMENT OF CIVIC SPIRIT/SCIENTIFIC GENIUS AND FAITHFUL LABOR/1905 NEW YORK 1917."
Object Number 
INV.3601
Marks 
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at left: "DCF" Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.