George Washington Bridge

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George Washington Bridge
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  • Title :     George Washington Bridge
  • Artist:     Julio Kilenyi Designer Whitehead & Hoag Co. Maker
  • Accession:     83.1.348.1
  • Country:     United States Newark New Jersey
  • Date:     1931
  • Dimensions:     Inches 1/4 3 diameter, Centimeters 0.6 7.6 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Collection Theme:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
  • Subject:     Bridges , Allegory , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     83.1.348.1_OBV.JPG, 83.1.348.1_REV.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
Description:
One of a pair of George Washington Bridge Dedication Medal; circular bronze medal with obverse depicting a view of Hudson River suspension bridge; the reverse depicts a New Jersey-New York cooperation allegory with two classical female figures shaking hands; struck by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark.