B and O Railroad Centennial Celebration Medal
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Object Details
- Artist
- Hans Schuler, born Morange, Germany 1874-died Baltimore, MD 1951
- Founder
- Medallic Art Company
- Luce Center Label
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first railway designed for commercial transport, was established in 1827 and construction began on the Fourth of July, 1828. Wires along the B & O route eventually carried Samuel F. B. Morse’s first telegraph message, “What Hath God Wrought?” from the Supreme Court room in the U.S. Capitol to the depot in Mt. Clare, Maryland. The reverse of Hans Schuler’s medal shows Peter Cooper’s famous “Tom Thumb” engine used in the B & O’s early years.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- 1927
- Object number
- 1927.5.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture-Medal
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm) diam.
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\vehicle\train
- Figure male\nude
- Figure male\full length
- Allegory\arts and sciences\transportation
- Allegory\quality\fortitude
- Record ID
- saam_1927.5.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e8ce32bb-95eb-4dd7-b632-13bad92c9a8f
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