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Coin: Cape Cod Canal Bridges

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Collection Type

  • Relics and Souvenirs

Date

1935

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-307649

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Description

A commemorative coin bearing an image of a bridge across the Cape Cod Canal and the words "Cape Cod Canal Bridges." Across the bottom it reads, "1935." The back of the coin bears an image captioned "Manomett, 1827" which is circled by the words "Town of Bourne, Incorporated April 2nd 1884."

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
bridges (built works)
memorabilia
coins (money)

Physical Description

1 commemorative coin

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2014

Reference Code

MS028.03.115

Acquisition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Nina Heald Webber, 2014.

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Buzzards Bay (Bourne, Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

coins (money)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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