Paperweight commemorating the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building
date: label: Date
content: 2002
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
notes: label: Description
content: A laser engraved crystal piece commemorating the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building. The piece is crystal and rectangular with an etching on the interior. At the middle center are two silhouettes facing awey from each other with a rectangle of regative space with a an etched cone shape inside. [WELLINGTON E. WEBB / MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING] is etched on the face of the block at the top the etched into the back face of the bottom of the block reads [RIBBON CUTTING / SEPTEMBER 26, 2002]. All corners and edges are beveled.
label: Description
content: WELLINGTON E. WEBB / MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING
label: Description
content: Rectangle, glass paperweight with laser etched interior. In the middle of the glass column is a depiction of two (2) silhouettes, each facing out toward the sides. The silhouettes are identical heads with the left side depicting the PL side of the face and the right side depicting the PR side of the face. With the middle of the faces is a rectangle of negative space where a pendulum is centered. The pendulum is narrow at the bottom than at the top. With the block below the silhouettes is laser etched text [RIBBON CUTTING/SEPTEMBER 26, 2002]. On the front at the top, is etched text on the outside of the glass [WELLINGTON E. WEBB/MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING]. Each corner and edge is beveled.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Honorable Wellington E. Webb and Wilma J. Webb
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.46.21
objectType: label: Type
content: commemoratives
label: Type
content: paperweights
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 3/16 x 2 x 2 in. (8.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)