2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Childe Hassam

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Independence Day Commemorative Medal

Independence Day Commemorative Medal
Independence Day Commemorative Medal
Title
Independence Day Commemorative Medal
Date 
1918
Related People 
Artist/Maker: American Numismatic Society
Medium 
Bronze
Dimensions 
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description 
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing bust of Liberty, facing left, in Phrygian cap, crowned with laurel wreath and draped in American flag; Liberty Bell at left; legend: "JULY 4 1776." Reverse bears inscription at center surrounded by laurel and oak wreath: "TO COMMEMORATE/THE INTERNATIONAL/CELEBRATION OF/INDEPENDENCE DAY/JULY 4 1918 [with seal of American Numismatic Society inscribed ANS at corners]"; all surrounded by border of shields bearing coats of arms of foreign countries surmounted by the Great Seal of the U.S.
Object Number 
INV.3457
Marks 
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: artist's initials Inscription: edge, lower center: "4"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.