Door County Fair & Centennial Wooden Nickel

Object/Artifact

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Door County Fair & Centennial Wooden Nickel

Entry/Object ID

2018.35.5

Description

"Wooden nickel" - rectangular piece of wood veneer, printed on the front with the following: "Five Wooden Nickels; August 26-29, 1948; Door County Fair & Centennial Celebration, Sturgeon Bay; Five Wooden Nickels" In small print on the bottom - "copyright 1938 John B, Rogers Producing Co., Fostoria, Ohio". Upper left and lower right corners - a circle enclosing the numeral 5; upper right and lower left corners - a circle enclosing the front and back of a nickel coin. The back describes conditions for spending these wooden nickels.

Cataloged By

Bill Rice

Acquisition

Accession

2018.35

Source or Donor

Ida Maki

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1940 - 1949

Notes

Date: 1948

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Token, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

promotional material, souvenir money, souvenir, money, souvenir, Door County Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Maki, Ida

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 13, 2019

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 12, 2026