Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
Title
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
Date
1931
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing standing figures of European settler, at left, and Native American, at right, against background of topographical map of New York and New Jersey; legend above: "DIVIDED BY NATURE UNITED FOR MUTUAL WELFARE"; inscription below: "THE PORT OF/NEW YORK." Reverse shows Bayonne Bridge with seals of New York and New Jersey below with scrolls labelled: "NEW YORK" and "NEW JERSEY"; legend above: "BUILT AND OWNED BY THE PORT OF NEW YORK AUTHORITY"; inscription: "BAYONNE/BRIDGE/DEDICATED 1931."
Object Number
1949.13a
Marks
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: "KILENYI"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "WHITEHEAD-HOAG"
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