Copy of a medal given to Robinson's, Jones & Co. by the American Insitute of the City of New York
date: label: Date made
content: 1833
name: label: Associated Name
content: American Institute of the City of New York
notes: label: Description
content: Copy of a medal awarded to Robinson's Jones and Co. at the 1833 American Institute Fair.
label: Description
content: The medal shows a seated classical figure proffering laurel wreath and supporting distaff, among national and industrial attributes; reverse marked <i>COPY OF A MEDAL [/] AWARDED TO [/] ROBINSON'S [/] JONES & CO [/] FOR THE BEST [/] MILITARY, NAVAL, [/] SPORTING [/] PLAIN FLAT [/] BUTTONS [/] 1833.<i>
label: Description
content: The American Institute of the City of New York held an Annual Fair from 1829 until the dawn of the 19th century. The Institute, founded in 1829, was an organization comprised of scientists and inventors, and the Fair was used to propagate awareness of innovative technologies. The Institute merged with the New York Academy of Sciences in the 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Numismatics
label: related event
content: American Institute Exhibition
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: 1989.0438.0002
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0002
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Object Name
content: souvenir