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Creator Role
sculptor producer issuer
Description
The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of James Buchanan Eads, an American civil engineer and inventor who built the first road and rail bridge across the Mississippi in St. Louis. The reverse design depicts a merman whose legs, while separated, have fins instead of feet. The merman is submerged underwater and seems to be pushing his hands against two banks of a body of water, the Mississippi River.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1971
Measurement
1 3/4 inches (diameter)
Materials and Techniques Display
bronze
Inscription
obverse: THE HALL OF FAME / FOR GREAT AMERICANS / AT NEW YORK / UNIVERSITY RAW 19©71 / JAMES BUCHANAN EADS reverse: THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI IS TAMED / BY HIS KNOWLEDGE AND BY HIS WORKS edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
Subjects
Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887; New York University. Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Work Type
commemorative coin
Class
coins & medals
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
3154.32
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.