World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition medal, United States, 1884
date: label: Date made
content: 1884
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1884
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Hon. E.A. Burke, Director General.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL / EXPOSITION / OPENED AT / NEW ORLEANS, U.S.A. / DEC. 16, 1884. / CLOSED MAY 31, 1885. / HON. E. A. BURKE / GEN'L DIRECTOR
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Bale of cotton.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: THE FIRST BALE OF / COTTON / WAS SHIPPED FROM / NEW ORLEANS / A HUNDRED YEARS AGO / 1884 & 1885
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
topic: label: related event
content: World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0712
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0712
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 91.9.712
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37.9 mm; x 1 1/2 in