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Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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Date = 1911
Subject = Portrait medallions--Pictorial works.

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This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use as part of their curriculum.

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Pictorial works. (2)
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Medals--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
Medals--Pictorial works. (2)
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (2)
America--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Medals--Pictorial works. (1)
Carnegiestiftelsen--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Courage--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)

Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Endowments--Sweden--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Heroes--Medals--Pictorial works. (1)
Heroes--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Heroes--Sweden--Medals--Pictorial works. (1)
Heroes--Sweden--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)
Industrialists--United States--Medals--Pictorial works. (1)
Industrialists--United States--Pictorial works. (1)
International cooperation--Societies, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works. (1)

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Gold medal from the Twenty-One American Republics

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Medals--Pictorial works., Union of American Republics--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--United States--Medals--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Medals--Pictorial works., Peace--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., International cooperation--Societies, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Medals--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Medals--Pictorial works., Portrait medallions--Pictorial works., America--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Western Hemisphere--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Photographs presenting the front and reverse sides of a gold medal. The front side features a portrait of Andrew Carnegie and the legend: Benefactor of humanity. The reverse side features the legend: The American Republics to Andrew Carnegie 1911; the names of the constituent nations of the Union of American Republics are listed along the circumference. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm

Medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Sweden, founded 1911, endowment $230,000

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Two photographs of a medal, showing both sides of the medal issued by the Carnegiestiftelsen, the Swedish equivalent of the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust. The front side of the medal is a portrait of Andrew Carnegie with the inscription: " Carnegiestiftelsen, grundad, 1911". The reverse side shows two figures, a man caring a child, there is a serpent intertwined around the mans feet and reaching to attack his left side. The name Erik Lindberg is engraved by the man's right side. On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm

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