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bottom left, a laurel branch and a tablet inscribed ALABAMA
DID IT.
John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907.) was a six-term senator from
Alabama (1877-1907) who argued tirelessly for the creation
of the Panama Canal and increasing America’s territorial
holdings. After France abandoned its quest to build the canal,
Morgan lobbied for the proposed Nicaragua route rather than
continuing French efforts in Panama. He fought unsuccessfully
for the alternate plan right up to the day that President Theodore
Roosevelt ordered digging to commence in Panama. - Although
his Nicaraguan canal was not to be, his decade-long drive to get
the United States government to build a canal in Central America
earned him the well-deserved title of the ideological father of the
Panama Canal. The Mobile celebration, shortly after construction
ended on the Canal, was in anticipation of the its actual opening
to traffic almost a year later.
Morgan’s rise to Senator was fueled by his prior service as a
Confederate General in the Civil war and his 1872 beginning
term as Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan (G)
413.
SAFETY AND SANITARY EXPOSITION, 1913.
Forrer
BDM 6:464
.
68 x 42.5mm. Gilt Bronze. Signed at bottom right
obverse by Jonathan Swanson. (W&H) Choice Uncirculated.
Obv: A standing female figure with her arms spread, holds a
string attached to an oil lamp in her right hand. The symbol
of the AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SAFETY is superimposed
over a snake and a mound atop which the female figure
stands. Inscription: NOW LET US CONSERVE/ HUMAN
LIFE. Rx: THIRD/ INTERNATIONAL/ EXPOSITION/ OF/
SAFETY/ AND/ SANITATION/ NEW YORK CITY/ 1916/
COMMEMORATIVE/ MEDAL. The cartouche below is
inscribed THERMAL/ GAS CUT OFF CO..
This is only the second time we have seen this 1913 First
Exposition medal. The mintage figure is unknown, but we
did find a reference to the effect that there were 127 medals
presented to exhibitors, etc. for the second exposition in 1914.
(F)
414.
A PAIR OF HOBO NICKELS.
A nice pair of traditionally
carved Hobo buffalo nickels.
Each has a large etched hat with a
bow on the side. The example at left has an exaggerated hooked
nose while the beard on the token at right is a bit darker than the
other. Neither date is visible. (G)
415.
THE AVERY LIBRARYMEDAL, 1914
. Smedley 102. 64mm.
Silver. Victor D. Brenner, Sc. Edge marked: TIFFANY & CO.
FINE SILVER. VF/XF, with scattered field marks and scratches
on both sides. Obverse bust to the left within a sunken inner
circle. PRESENTED TO SAMUEL PUTNAMAVERY BY HIS
FRIENDS AND THE ARCHITECTS OF NEW YORK around.
Reverse view of the Avery Library at the top one-third and below,
an incused 8 line inscription re the founding of the Library in
Lot 413
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