A 1903 photo of a small vault in the basment of the Treasury Building in Washington DC. 1000 silver dollars per bag!!
Workers at the Philidelphia mint display $100,000 in newley minted double eagles in the mints coin counting room 1894. Dahlonega Mint in 1877 before it burned down in 1878.
James Earle Fraser with his sculpture (The End Of The Trail). He also designed the famous buffalo nickel and used 3 different indian models for the obverse. He used the famous buffalo from the New York Zoological Garden ( Black Diamond ) as a model for the reverse. Black Diamond died in 1915 and was slaughtered for his meat which was packaged in packs stating Black Diamond Steaks. His hide was recycled as and automobile rug and his head was put on display at the butchers shop. His head remains in the hands of a private collector today and remains a popular attraction. How cool is that?
Yeah I got to agree there. I know we eat animals but I guess it's different when you don't know them before. So if I saw a package with an animals name on it, I think it would be like eating a pet or friend.
Actually those are working models for his sculpture. The actual scupture is something closer to life size so maybe 10 foot high.
