Artwork Details
- Title
- Elbert H. Gary United States Steel Corporation Service Medal (reverse)
- Artist
- Date
- 1926
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 1 1⁄8 in. (3.0 cm) diam.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- brass
- Keywords
- Figure male
- Occupation — industry
- Allegory — arts and sciences — industry
- Object Number
- 1966.110.22
Artwork Description
This uniface medal sample is one of several Anthony de Francisci created to honor Elbert Gary (1846-1927), who founded the United States Steel Corporation in 1901, and after whom the city of Gary, Indiana, is named. The sample represents the reverse of the true medal and depicts a classical figure tending the rollers that press out thin sheets of steel. The dedication indicates that the medal was intended to reward an employee whose name would be inscribed in the blank area to the left of the rollers.