Medal, Prize
Object number2014.55.6
Date1925
OriginPittsburg, PA
MediumMetal/Fabric
Credit LineGift of William H. Rough
DescriptionFirst place swimming prize medal.Dimensions2.875 x 1.313 x 0.313 in. (7.3 x 3.3 x 0.8 cm)InscriptionsFront of medal depicts an athlete holding aloft a laurel crown with raised text above "TIS DEEDS / MUST WIN / THE PRIZE / PITTSBURGH / HIGH SCHOOLS / DEPT. OF HYGIENE".
Back of medal has raised text, from top to bottom "10TH / SENIOR H.S. / GIRLS' SWIMMING / CHAMPIONSHIPS / NOV. 6 1925"; inscribed text "BREAST / STROKE / FIRST"; and inscribed text "[illegible] / PITTSBURG, PA."
Historical NotesThis medal was awarded to Helen MacCloskey Rough. Manus MacCloskey immigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Dungiven, Ireland, sometime in the 1840s. He worked on the river as a riverboat man, delivering coal from Pittsburgh to New Orleans prior to the Civil War. His grandson, James Edward MacCloskey, Jr., married Helen Irwin and they had two daughters. One of their daughters, Helen MacCloskey Rough, was an aviatrix.
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Helen MacCloskey Rough
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1924
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