Award Medallion, The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association,1844.

Title:: Award Medallion, The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association,1844.
Description:: Small leather case lined with green velvet containing a silver award medallion inscribed with Laura Bridgman's name in recognition of a bead purse that she made for exhibition in 1844. Text: "The Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association, Miss Laura Bridgman for a beautiful bead purse. Exhibition of 1844." Image shows multiple views of the case and both sides of the medallion. One side of the coin is text and the other has a profile image of a seated woman with her arm around a small boy who holds a scroll. The woman leans against a wheel or other type of machinery.
Date:: 1844
Format:: Objects/Artifacts
Location:: Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):: Laura Bridgman Collection
Series:: Personal items and artifacts belonging to Laura Bridgman
Subjects:: Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Places:: Massachusetts >Suffolk (county) >Boston >South Boston
Extent:: 1 object
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m6533
Terms of Use:: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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