2 results for: Northwest Historical Medals, Inc.
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Atlieu, Nuu-cha-nulth carver, Neah Bay, circa 1900
The Nuu-chah-nulth are a group of 14 First Nations peoples living on the west side of Vancouver Island: Ditidaht, Huu-ay-aht, Hupacasath, Tse-shaht, Uchucklesaht, Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Toquaht, Ucluelet, Ehattesaht, Kyuqout/Checlesaht, Mowachat/Muchalaht, and Nuchatlaht. They share cultural traditions and language but remain distinct nations, each with a hereditary chief. The Nuu-chah-nulth peoples were previously called the Nootka after European colonizers misunderstood…
ID Number:1955.970.470.2
Date:Circa 1900
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$1,000,000 Silver Dollar Display at the Seattle World's Fair leaflet, 1962
One million silver dollars stacked would reach 8,800 feet into the sky! This leaflet describes the immense efforts of the Treasury Department, the Behlen Manufacturing Company, Northwest Historical Medals, Inc. (formed by Walla Walla numismatists Barnard Tomlinson, Vernon Bosley, and Lawrence McBride, who were given the exclusive contract to design and distribute the nine official souvenir medallions for the World's…
ID Number:1965.3689.9
Date:1962