| Summary: | These medals were given out as prizes to exhibitors at the Exposition but this one was specifically purchased as a souvenir by either Robert Moran or his son John. Robert Moran was a successful Seattle shipbuilder and served as the city's mayor from 1888-1890. These medals were originally bronze and then the gold and silver medals were plated. Typically the name of the winner was engraved on the reverse of the medal but this one is blank. The design shows a woman at the center in classical dress, holding an olive branch in one hand and a portrait of George Washington in the other. Behind her is a snowy mountain, a sunrise, and a steamship. On the right side are two men, one with an axe (to represent logging) and the other with a pickaxe (to represent mining). In the foreground is a man in a canoe (to represent a Native American). 1 Medal, Commemorative; Materials: bronze; Dimensions: .25 in.D x 3 in.Diam
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