George Wood Butter Award

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

868 a

Description

Material: metal. Size: 1 3/8" W. x 1 5/8" L. x 1/8" D. Description: silver disk design: star at top, shield at bottom, laurel wreath border; front engraving: "Columbian Exposition Dairy Exhibit Minnesota 1893"- back engraving: "Geo. H. Wood". Encased in #868b.

Context

Waseca County Creameries. Dairy. Buttermaking. Dairy exhibit medal won by George H. Wood at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1893. Donor is George Wood's sister.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Made/Created

Date made

1893

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Medal, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Deaccession

D.868 a

Create Date

February 26, 1999

Update Date

September 10, 2026