Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1912
label: associated dates
content: 1912 01 01+ / 1912 01 01+, 1912 12 31- / 1912 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this rectangular bronze medal has portrait bust to right and “WILLIAM SYDNEY THAYER” and “BALTIMORE 1912.” The reverse is blank. William Sydney Thayer (1864-1932) was a research scientist and professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University Medical School. This medal was struck after Harvard failed to lure Thayer away from Baltimore. The “J. M. Miller” inscription identifies the sculptor, Joseph Maxwell Miller (1877-1933).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.384
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative & Association Items
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.7 cm x 5.7 cm x .2 cm; 3 1/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/16 in