USA Track & Field Jim Thorpe Award received by Carl Lewis
date: label: Date
content: 1987
name: label: Issued by
content: USA Track & Field, American, founded 1992
label: Received by
content: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
label: Manufactured by
content: Medallic Art Company, Ltd., American, founded 1903
notes: label: Description
content: A rectangular wooden plaque decorated with engraved bronze awarded to Carl Lewis. The plaque is dominated by a large circular bronze piece engraved with men performing various athletic feats, with latin words and phrases surrounding them. Below this disc is a rectangular plaque engraved with [JIM THORPE AWARD / CARL LEWIS / 1987]. The back of the plaque is undecorated. A hook is positioned at the center top and a small embedded metal disc just below the hook with the manufacturer's information engraved on it.
place: label: Place made
content: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carl Lewis Estate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.126.9
objectType: label: Type
content: plaques
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: 15 x 11 1/16 x 1 1/4 in. (38.1 x 28.1 x 3.2 cm)