The obverse depicts a log cabin from a Michigan logging camp (an example of an ethnographic exhibit). Legends above the cabin read, World`s Fair, below Childs Chicago / 1893. The surrounding ring reads, Michigan forestry Exibit / Logging Camp. Childs, Chicago indicates the company producing the medal.
Obverse lettering
MICHIGAN FORESTRY EXHIBIT
WORLD’S FAIR
CHILDS CHICAGO
1893
LOGGING CAMP
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
The reverse shows a load of logs on a horse-drawn sled with the legends above Champion Load Of Logs. Below 36055 Feetwheight 144 Tons / Drawn By Est. Of / Thomas Nestor. Thomas Nestor established a mill in Pequaming in 1879, adding another nearby. His firm grew to include a shipping fleet on Lake Superior. The World`s Fair Load of Logs, 36,055 feet, was hauled by Thomas Nester`s crew to Ontonogan River, Michigan on February 26, 1893. They exhibited the load in Chicago at the World`s Fair as the largest load of logs ever hauled in the world and hauled by one team. Height of load 33 feet 3 inches, weight of logs 144 tons. Sled teams routinely competed for such drinking honors at the end of the day.
Reverse lettering
CHAMPION LOAD OF LOGS
36055 FEETWEIGHT 144 TONS
DRAWN BY EST. OF
THOMAS NESTOR
