CINCINNATI FALL FESTIVAL
1906
CINCINNATI, OH
See also Part I, Ohio Valley and Central States
Centennial Exposition--1888 and Ohio Valley Exposition--1910.
Apparently Ohio Mechanics Institute succeeded by
Cincinnati Fall Festival Association as sponsor of annual industrial fairs.
Latter organized 1900 by local businessmen; staged first exposition that
year in famed Music Hall; annually thereafter through 1906. This 1906
Festival held Sept. 5-22; included "huge spectacle…on canal banks";
attracted "hundreds of thousands of people."
Medal below obviously is souvenir of Festival but
issuer, designer, extent of issue unknown.
 
Obv. Within open wreath is conjoined C
and two reverse F's (seal of Association)--all within beaded circle;
outside, above around Cincinnati Fall Festival; below • 1906 •;
beaded border.
Rev. Edifice; above Souvenir; below
edifice 1906; beaded border.
HK-652 Brass. 33mm.
HK-653 Nickel.
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