THE CRYSTAL PALACE FOR THE EXHIBITION/OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS./NEW YORK, 1853.|PRESIDENT: THEODORE SEDGWICK, ESQR:/ARCHITECTS:/MESSRS: CARSTENSEN & GILDEMEISTER,/LENGTH 365 FEET, WIDTH 365 FEET/HEIGHT OF DOME 148 FEET,/GLAZED SURFACE 206,000 SUP FEET,/OCCUPIES 5 ACRES/OF GROUND./ESTIMATED VALUE $450,000.: view of the Crystal Palace in flames, building statistics in exergue
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DESTROYED BY/FIRE/OCTOBER 5. 1858,/ IN 40 MINUTES.|THE/AMERICAN INSTITUTE/OCCUPYING IT FOR THEIR/ANNUAL FAIR|3000 VISITORS PRESENT.: text
CATHEDRAL OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL PHILADELPHIA/ BEGUN 1846,/COMPLETED 1864: Facade of the cathedral
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TU ES PETRUS ET SUPER HANC PETRAM AEDIFICABO ECCLESTAM MEAM/ VAS ELECTIONIS EST MIHI ISTE UT PORTE NOMEN MEUM CORAM GENTIBUS: Interior of the cathedral
TO GEORGE F. ROBINSON. AWARDED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 1, 1871. / (In field): FOR HIS HEROIC CONDUCT ON THE / 14 DAY OF APRIL 1865. IN SAVING / THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE / WM. H. SEWARD THEN SECRETARY / OF STATE OF THE / UNITED STATES.: Bearded bust of Private George F. Robinson, to l.
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(In exergue): G.Y. COFFIN. DES. | PAQUET. F.: Very fine artistic depiction of Lewis Powell (Payne) attempting to assassinate the invalid Sec. State. Seward on the night of April 14, 1865 while Private George F. Robinson defends his patient's life
JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.|Paquet. F.: Buchanan bust, r.
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TO DOCTOR FREDERICK ROSE, ASSISTANT SURGEON, ROYAL NAVY, G. B.|FOR KINDNESS AND HUMANITY TO OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE U.S. STEAMER SUSQUEHANNA|Paquet. F.: Aesculapius shielding two crew members from death
JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.|Paquet. F.: Buchanan bust, r.
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TO DOCTOR FREDERICK ROSE, ASSISTANT SURGEON, ROYAL NAVY, G. B.|FOR KINDNESS AND HUMANITY TO OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE U.S. STEAMER SUSQUEHANNA|Paquet. F.: Aesculapius shielding two crew members from death
JULY 26 1866|Paquet. F.: 39 stars and the date frame vignette of a man and a woman on a raft, watching a rescue ship approach on the horizon
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BY JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS TO THE RESCUERS OF THE PASSENGERS OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO WRECKED DEC. 1853|TESTIMONIAL OF NATIONAL GRATITUDE FOR HIS GALLANT CONDUCT|Paquet. F.: allegorical America, with eagle at her side and capitol building in the background, places a wreath on the head of a kneeling sailor
Life Saving Medal of First Class / United States of America: three men in a boat saving someone from drowning
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In Testimony of Heroic Deeds In Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea/ Act of Congress June 20th 1874: a woman standing left, next to a monument with an eagle on top and an anchor to the right
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