1870-1879

Binocular Microscope, c1870

Brass-bound binocular microscope dating from around 1870 by R & J Beck of London and Philadelphia. This instrument is numbered 9188 on its base.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00358

Location: Foyer Display 1

Subject: Scientific Equipment

Format: Scientific Equipment

Horatio Collins King Brooch, c.1875

Hand-painted oval brooch with a watercolor miniature of Horatio Collins King from around 1875.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00415

Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00416 and AC 00441)

Subject: Brooch

Format: Jewelry

Medal Front, 1876

Gold metal cross with diamonds depicting scientific apparatus on the arms and center, presented to William M. B. Glandig (Class of 1878) in 1876.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00350

Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00348, AC 00349)

Subject: Oratorical Contests, Medal, Honors and Awards

Format: Currency/Medallions

Pierson Prize for Oratory medal, 1877

Round gold pendant inscribed with contest details and the name of the winner for 1877, James Henry Morgan.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00166

Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00162 - AC 00180)

Subject: Pierson Prize, Oratorical Contests, Medal, Honors and Awards

Format: Currency/Medallions

Medal Front, 1877

Silver pendant medal presented to William M. B. Glanding (Class of 1878) for winning the Pierson Prize for Oratory in 1877.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00349

Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00348, AC 00350)

Subject: Pierson Prize, Honors and Awards, Medal

Format: Currency/Medallions

Medal Front, 1876

Gold medal with chain with Union Philosophical Society emblem in the center, presented to William M. B. Glandig in 1876.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00348

Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00349, AC 00350)

Subject: Medal, Literary Societies, Honors and Awards, Oratorical Contests

Format: Currency/Medallions

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