Columbian Expo Souvenir 1893

[tencents]

Found this at an old home site. Anyone know anyting about it? I've seen half dollars from this Expo but never a trinket like this. 1500's will find more than coins. ID was a notch below penny and size "C".

 

[DavHut]

Good thing you are a digger,my friend!

It looks to be a neck hanger, probably had a chain attached at the loops. There were watch fobs, suspender clips, commemorative coins made from aluminium, the new "Miracle Metal" among other things. The US government issued stamps along with a commemorative half doallr, too.

The 19th century was an age of expansion and invention unrivaled in America and the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago was a celebration of our involvement in that. Here's a tidbit:

"The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was the last and the greatest of the nineteenth century's World's Fairs. Nominally a celebration of Columbus' voyages 400 years prior, the Exposition was in actuality a reflection and celebration of American culture and society--for fun, edification, and profit--and a blueprint for life in modern and postmodern America."

Here's a great link to tell you about it:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html

The Trash Man,

 

[tencents]

Thanks very much for the info and link.