Medal - Industrial Exhibition of Toronto

Reverse

Multiple scenes of Toronto landmarks, surrounded by the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SEMI CENTENNIAL
TORONTO
1834 1884
COMMEMORATION MEDAL

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Comment

The Industrial Exhibition of Toronto (1834) was the precursor to today's Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). "The first Crystal Palace in Toronto (Completed in 1858), officially named the Palace of Industry, was modeled after the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, England, and it was Toronto's first permanent exhibition hall. It was dismantled in 1878, and the ironwork was used to construct a new Crystal Palace on what would later become Exhibition Place. The second Crystal Palace hosted Toronto's first Industrial Exhibition (the predecessor to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)) in 1879." (Old Toronto - Wikipedia).