Coins
This paperweight features two 1908 coins encased in lucite to commemorate Carl and Lilian "Paula" Sandburg's wedding anniversary. The two met in Milwaukee in 1907 at meeting for the Social-Democratic Party. After months of writing letters, they met for a second time, and during this meeting they decided to get married. The wedding took place at "a friend's home in Milwaukee. It was a ringless marriage from which the word 'obey' had been omitted. The two declared when they were married that if either one ever wanted a divorce, the other would give it freely. But there would be no use for this declaration as the years passed, for theirs was to be a marriage marked by a rare understanding of one another, and a deep love and respect." (page 57, Park Handbook)
Plastic, metal. H 5.0, W 12.7, T 0.9 cm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, CARL 41016