[Fondation Carnegie medal, 1909]

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Location	Collection	Call #
CLP - Main Library	Pennsylvania Dept. - Pittsburgh Photographic Library - Reference (Ask for assistance)	PENNA PPL r CA-602
Location	CLP - Main Library
Collection	Pennsylvania Dept. - Pittsburgh Photographic Library - Reference (Ask for assistance)
Call Number	PENNA PPL r CA-602

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Summary

A photograph showing three medals (front side), each featuring the same design, issued by Fondation Carnegie, the French equivalent of the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust; two are of the same size; the third is a smaller version. Features a portrait of Andrew Carnegie and the inscriptions "Fondation Carnegie, 1909" and "Libéralité d'un citoyen Americain pour recompenser les actes de courage accomplis en France." The reverse side (not shown in photograph) features an angel placing a crown of laurels on the head of a genuflecting male figure and bears the inscriptions "Aux héros de la civilisation" and "Andrew Carnegie, 1909."

Additional Information

Subjects	Carnegie, Andrew, -- 1835-1919 -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Carnegie, Andrew, -- 1835-1919 -- Pictorial works. Carnegie, Andrew, -- 1835-1919 -- Medals -- Pictorial works. Fondation Carnegie -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Industrialists -- Charitable contributions -- United States -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Industrialists -- United States -- Medals -- Pictorial works. Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works. Philanthropists -- United States -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Philanthropists -- United States -- Medals -- Pictorial works. Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial works. Endowments -- France -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Heroes -- France -- Medals -- Pictorial works. Heroes -- France -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Medals -- France -- Pictorial works. Medals -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works. Portrait medallions -- France -- Pictorial works. France -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works.
Publisher	1910
Contributors	Fondation Carnegie. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Department. Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection.
Language	English
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm. "CA-602"--Mount verso. "73"--Mount verso. Appears in photographic collection: Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection; located in Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department.
Description	1 photograph : black and white ; 11 x 21 cm
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