Louisiana Purchase Exposition Silver Medal awarded to Frank Fullilove
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Silver medal recieved at the 1904 St. Louis Purchase Exposition, held in St. Louis Missouri.
label: Description
content: The medal was awarded to Owenton, Kentucky jeweler Frank Fullilove for his "Crown" fishing reel. The reel, made of "German silver," featured an ivory knob. Fullilove recieved a US patent for the reel in 1905.
label: Description
content: In 1904 a World’s Fair was held in St. Louis, Missouri to commemorate the 100th anniversary of “The Louisiana Purchase,” a land deal with the French that greatly expanded the boundaries of the United States. Between April and December, over 19.5 million visitors attended the Fair, hosted on a 1,270-acre site constructed at the city’s Forest Park and the Washington University campus. While the Exposition presented advances in technology and the arts and sciences, it is remembered today for its racist and dehumanizing displays of living foreign peoples. The Exposition also served as the site of the 1904 Olympic Games, the first ever held in the United States.
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content: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: related event
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James P. Tanner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0508.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0508
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0508.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm