San Francisco Schools Bridge Medal Awarded To Noble Hamilton In 1902

Samuel Bridge Medal awarded to Noble Hamilton in 1902
Silver, 34 mm, 20.21 gm

Obverse: Samuel Bridge facing left, GIFT OF SAMUEL BRIDGE MLCCCLXXVIIII (1879)
Reverse: Scroll with AWARDED TO followed by engraved "Noble Hamilton" and stamped "1902"

The Samuel Bridge silver medals were awarded to the top male students of the San Francisco public schools from 1879 to 1915. They were usually known as "Bridge Medals." Bridge medal awardees were usually in the school ninth grade and around fourteen years old.

The Denman Medal was a similar medal awarded to female students.

Noble Hamilton was a resident of San Francisco. He was born in nearby Oakland on June 26, 1888, and died in San Francisco on May 9, 1941 at the age of 52.

His father was Edward H. (Pop) Hamilton, a newspaperman and political reporter, and his mother was Fanny Hamilton.

Noble Hamilton was a grandson of pioneer the Reverend Laurentine Hamilton for whom Mount Hamilton is named.

Noble Hamilton attended San Francisco public schools and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1911 with a degree in Jurisprudence (Law).

He appeared in a student play on March 31, 1911 where:
"Noble Hamilton, as Bob Madden, not only won the hearts of all the women in the cast, but of those in the audience as well"

Noble Hamilton married Elizabeth Bull and had two children, a daughter Elizabeth (Betty) and a son Noble Hamilton, Jr.

He worked as a Pacific Coast advertising man for Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

The San Francisco society register Blue Book editions for 1918 and 1921 list Mr. and Mrs. Noble Hamilton at 2687 Union Street.

Noble Hamilton's son Noble Hamilton, Jr. became a wealthy San Francisco socialite and a member of the exclusive Bohemian Club.

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