Badge for a Massachusetts representative to the Ohio Centennial Celebration: Museum Object and Cultural History
Badge for a Massachusetts representative to the Ohio Centennial Celebration: Date: 1888. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: David Spears, American, ca. 1844 - 1933.
The object in the museum catalogue
A badge for a Massachusetts representative to the Ohio Centennial Celebration in Columbus, Ohio in 1888. The badge has two bars on top that read, "MASSACHUSETTS" and "REPRESENTATIVE" attached to the medal by chains. The round medal depicts the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the words "OHIO CENTENNIAL COLUMBUS 1888" inscribed around the outside of the circle.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1888
- Created by: Unidentified
- Owned by: David Spears, American, ca. 1844 - 1933
- Type: medals
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 x 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 cm)
- Place used: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Object number: 2011.57.20.10
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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