Hudson-Fulton Celebration Souvenir Medal Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: Container for medal commemorating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration held in New York City in 1909. Lid inscribed "OFFICIAL MEDAL [/] OF THE [/] HUDSON-FULTON [/] Celebration Commission [/] PATENTED 1909 [/] PUBLISHED BY [/] THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. [/] NEWARK, N.J."
label: Description
content: The Hudson-Fulton Celebration was a two-week event held by the communities of New York and New Jersey’s Hudson River Valley between September 25th and October 9th of 1909. The celebration commemorated two anniversaries, the centennial of American Robert Fulton’s first successful application of the paddle steamer and the tricentennial of Englishman Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River. Around two million people saw some part of the event, which featured concerts, fireworks, exhibitions, parades and decorations. Unlike many other celebrations of the era, the Hudson-Fulton did not require paid admission and prohibited advertising displays.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Hudson-Fulton Celebration
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1156.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1156.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: NY1909NM02.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Container (Box, Medal)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.27 cm