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Box 24

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Contains 6 Results:

Aluminum throttle knob from the plane Vernon was piloting when he died, 1918

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-4808
Scope and Contents

Sent to Irene by one of Vernon's friends.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

Medal from the New York World's Fair, 1939

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-4809
Dates: 1939
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

Badge and ribbon for “Official” at 1939 Harvest Moon Ball, 1939

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-4610
Dates: 1939
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

Vernon Castle’s Croix du Guerre, 1917

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-4811
Scope and Contents

Awarded by the French government in 1917 for distinguished heroism in combat as a fighter pilot during the Battle of the Somme, WW1

Dates: 1917
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

Tiny silver swimming trophy won by young Irene Foote, 1917

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-3616
Dates: 1917
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

Red, white, and blue ribbons from Vernon's casket, 1917

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: MU-4613
Dates: 1917
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 8782, Irene Castle photographs and papers / Series IV. Objects

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