Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02765

Collection Name:

Photography Collection of Medals

No. of Items:

13 items

Description:

The collection consists of 13 medals:

964:0161:0001-0012 -- 12 medals commemorating inventors and inventions in photography and film;
989:0042:0001 -- Bob Persky's commemorative sesquicentennial medallion honoring Niepce, Daguerre, and Talbot. 2-inch gold finish momento in suede jewelry pouch, issue date Jan. 5, 1989.

Accession No(s):

964:0161:0001-0012 -- Purchase from Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 1963.; 964:0161:0001-0012; 989:0042:0001; 989:0042:0001 -- Gift of The Photographic Arts Center, 1989 (G 11785).

Location(s):

Photography Collection of Medals Box (964:0161:0001-0012; 989:0042:0001)
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1 osb, Non-Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties Box 1 (989:0042:0001)
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