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<p>[QUOTE="Scale Artillery, post: 2326780, member: 76729"]Hi Willie</p><p>I Got the Medal from a Widow in which i had cleaned out the Grage that as her husbands man cave we talked a bit and i learned that he was a dentist and was in the army corps and was stationed up north and he did the Museum that is now Sutter's fort and that is Sutter's Mill Mr Marshall's Dream was to cut lumber but that all turned bad when gold was discovered by his partner and that was all she wrote his dream was dead because of the gold one would think it would be good but they both dies poor and one was a drunk.</p><p><br /></p><p>But back to the Medal It came from the same as above and she had altimers and it was very hard to talk to her and her Husband just past away and i didn't want to push the matter but he had a lot of baseball stuff really old items too and i wish i got those because they were all from the early 1900 to 1930's and their was one member of a forum that says he was given that medal but it was as a gift to him for donating to the school but with out definitive proof it's impossible to say know what i mean hear say really isn't a provenance for this They had lived in Orange county earlier when he was a dentist and she said he knew some famous people that were in sports and then she called him to come out and when he didn't show she got upset and i left it alone and finished the snack she gave me that was a very hot peanut butter sandwich never had that b4 Check out the Door knob below and the post that's in red underlined from that poster that posted the info on the medal. Perhaps the member was only trying to please me or they were trying to be a know it all poster ;-( </p><p><br /></p><p>I had read some where that these were also given to people that had donated both time and money to the boys org back then but as to this IDK i wish their was a Newspaper artical on him from that time and if he was in town then. If so it should be out their because he is/was a very Famous Player and one of the 1st to be put in the Hall Of fame </p><p><br /></p><p>I had thought of the same thing that he was 24 then so maybe he had went their as a volunteer coach to teach the kids baseball </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not trying to mislead anyone on this it's just the info i have acquired over the years and other info i had gathered from forums that i had it posted. I'd like to get more info on this so i can send it off if it is him.</p><p><br /></p><p>However there is a Walter S Johnson in San Francisco and he was a philanthropist but i can't find any info on whee he went to school and also he was born in 1884 making him 27 in 1911His Bio is here <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_S._Johnson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_S._Johnson" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_S._Johnson</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What a troublesome item either way it's an interesting item and they carry a good value i have been out bid on several of them on eBay up to $100 amazing uh. And here's another website that's on these medals.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnsmain_bridge.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnsmain_bridge.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnsmain_bridge.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>Samuel J Bridge lived 1809 -1893, born in Boston to a wealthy family. In 1856 he was assigned to San Francisco as a General-Appraiser under the Fed. Gov. He was also in charge of the customs house, Marine Hospital in San Fransisco, he also established the Bridge Medals in 1879.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>Lincoln County state of Maine he donated $2000 of gold coins to the mayor of the county. The mayor used the gold coins to purchase Silver Medals to given to the most Meritorious Boys of Public grammar schools of San Francisco and to notable citizens that donate their time or money to the school "A Bridge Medals"</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>Walter Johnson did received one of these Medals. Later on Johnson won 417 games.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>The "G -stands for Grady</u></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12523056_10205511801099766_3977183764463673599_n.jpg?oh=89a6bc4d0590eda965b5bd681c2a581d&oe=57449023" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Scale Artillery, post: 2326780, member: 76729"]Hi Willie I Got the Medal from a Widow in which i had cleaned out the Grage that as her husbands man cave we talked a bit and i learned that he was a dentist and was in the army corps and was stationed up north and he did the Museum that is now Sutter's fort and that is Sutter's Mill Mr Marshall's Dream was to cut lumber but that all turned bad when gold was discovered by his partner and that was all she wrote his dream was dead because of the gold one would think it would be good but they both dies poor and one was a drunk. But back to the Medal It came from the same as above and she had altimers and it was very hard to talk to her and her Husband just past away and i didn't want to push the matter but he had a lot of baseball stuff really old items too and i wish i got those because they were all from the early 1900 to 1930's and their was one member of a forum that says he was given that medal but it was as a gift to him for donating to the school but with out definitive proof it's impossible to say know what i mean hear say really isn't a provenance for this They had lived in Orange county earlier when he was a dentist and she said he knew some famous people that were in sports and then she called him to come out and when he didn't show she got upset and i left it alone and finished the snack she gave me that was a very hot peanut butter sandwich never had that b4 Check out the Door knob below and the post that's in red underlined from that poster that posted the info on the medal. Perhaps the member was only trying to please me or they were trying to be a know it all poster ;-( I had read some where that these were also given to people that had donated both time and money to the boys org back then but as to this IDK i wish their was a Newspaper artical on him from that time and if he was in town then. If so it should be out their because he is/was a very Famous Player and one of the 1st to be put in the Hall Of fame I had thought of the same thing that he was 24 then so maybe he had went their as a volunteer coach to teach the kids baseball I'm not trying to mislead anyone on this it's just the info i have acquired over the years and other info i had gathered from forums that i had it posted. I'd like to get more info on this so i can send it off if it is him. However there is a Walter S Johnson in San Francisco and he was a philanthropist but i can't find any info on whee he went to school and also he was born in 1884 making him 27 in 1911His Bio is here [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_S._Johnson[/url] What a troublesome item either way it's an interesting item and they carry a good value i have been out bid on several of them on eBay up to $100 amazing uh. And here's another website that's on these medals. [url]http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnsmain_bridge.htm[/url] [SIZE=6][B] [/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ff0000][U]Samuel J Bridge lived 1809 -1893, born in Boston to a wealthy family. In 1856 he was assigned to San Francisco as a General-Appraiser under the Fed. Gov. He was also in charge of the customs house, Marine Hospital in San Fransisco, he also established the Bridge Medals in 1879. Lincoln County state of Maine he donated $2000 of gold coins to the mayor of the county. The mayor used the gold coins to purchase Silver Medals to given to the most Meritorious Boys of Public grammar schools of San Francisco and to notable citizens that donate their time or money to the school "A Bridge Medals" Walter Johnson did received one of these Medals. Later on Johnson won 417 games. The "G -stands for Grady[/U][/COLOR] [IMG]https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12523056_10205511801099766_3977183764463673599_n.jpg?oh=89a6bc4d0590eda965b5bd681c2a581d&oe=57449023[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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