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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMMEMORATIVE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0838.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GUTENBERG
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1900
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MEDAL COMMEMORATING 5OOTH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF JOHAN GUTENBERG C. 1400, AS WELL AS ADVERTISING R. HOE & CO. OCTUPLE PRESS OF 1900. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READS "TO/ THE HONOR/ AND MEMORY/ OF/ JOHAN GUTENBERG/ INVENTOR/ OF MOVABLE/ TYPES" & "PRINTING/ PRESS/ USED BY/ GUTENBERG/ IN/ 1450"/ RAISED LETTERING ENCIRCLING EDGE OF OTHER SIDE READS "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OFGUTENBERG"; RAISED LETTERING READS "OCTUPLE PRESS/ PRINTING 192,000/ 4 PAGE NEWSPAPERS/ PER HOUR" & "INVENTED AND CONSTRUCTED/ BY R. HOE AND CO./ IN 1900"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRASS? COLOURED
- Decoration
- ON ONE SIDE IS RAISED IMAGE OF GUTENBERG PRESS & FLORAL MOTIF; ON OTHER SIDE IS RAISED IMAGE OF OCTUPLE PRESS
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1997.0838, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0838.001/
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