Ornamental Wood Company: USA, 1876, Wood, 76 mm
Obv: Front view of Building     *1776* IN MEMORIAM *1876* MAIN BUILDING LENGTH 1880 FT. WIDTH 464 FT. HEIGHT 70 FT. Below: GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION PHILADELPHIA PAT. MAY 11. 76.
Rev: 4TH OF JULY 1876 EXHIBITION OPEN FROM MAY 10 TO NOV. 10 1876 FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA   Around: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE * U.S. AMERICA*
Ref: Spangenberger-1876- 7

This is one of a set of several wooden medals issued on the site of the International Centennial Exhibition at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The set consisted of various buildings and other scenes and portraits, including one of George Washington. The medals were manufactured by the Ornamental Wood Company, Philadelphia, where they could be purchased as a souvenir of the visit. They were made of walnut or other hard wood, and were sold in decorative cardboard boxes at the Centennial Exposition in that city. A set of six of these medals was originally in a fitted card case, with the interior lid printed with a birds eye view of the exhibition buildings.