Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1856
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this bronze medal has an insignia and “THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY / INSTITUTED / A.D. / 1851” and more. The reverse has “Awarded to / W. S. Jackson / for / Superior Horse Shoes / at / Exhibition of 1856.” This was probably given to William Stanford Jackson, father of Chevalier L. Jackson (1865-1958), the American physician who invented the bronchoscope.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joan Bugbee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300428.398
label: catalog number
content: 300428.398
label: accession number
content: 300428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: medal: 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; .635 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 15/16 in; 3.175 cm x 14.2875 cm x 10.00125 cm