Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin.

[10] On May 1, even before

Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]
Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin. [10] On May 1, even before
Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]
Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin. [10] On May 1, even before
Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]
Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin. [10] On May 1, even before
Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]
Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin. [10] On May 1, even before
Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]
Brenda Putnam, a well-known sculptor, was engaged to design the coin. [10] On May 1, even before
Roosevelt signed the legislation, the Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, sent sketches that had
been submitted by Putnam to the Commission of Fine Arts. That commission had been charged by
President Warren G. Harding's 1921 executive order with rendering advisory opinions on the designs
of public artworks, including coins. [20] On May 2, commission chairman Charles Moore responded to
Ross, giving preliminary approval, and stating that one of its members would work with Putnam as
she prepared the necessary plaster models. That representative was Lee Lawrie, who suggested to
Putnam that she use stars to represent the cities of the Great Lakes region. Putnam had placed, on
the map on the reverse, sketches of buildings to represent the sites of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, and Toronto. When Lawrie wrote to Moore to report this and other progress, Moore joked
about the coin having an enlarged star for Cleveland,
At funerals, I hear read the Scriptures to the effect that "one-star differeth from another in glory". [a] So
I suppose Miss Putnam's big star for Cleveland refers to the glory rather than the size of the city.
Well, as a voter in Detroit[b] I don't mind, and probably no Chicago person will ever see one of the
coins. I am convinced that the whole movement is a coin collector's racket that is going on all over
the country. [21]
Putnam's models were approved by the commission on June 2, 1936. [22] The Medallic Art
Company of New York reduced the models to half-dollar sized hubs from which coinage dies could
be prepared.[19]