Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 1990.074.05
- Creator:
- Sanford, George A.
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Ribbon badge. Pink silk with gold lettering: "LADDER 1. / PORTSMOUTH / FIRE DEPT. / 17TH / Annual Parade / SEPT. 10, 1903." Metal and celluloid nameplate at top: "W. J. SAMPSON", with attached metal and celluloid button bearing photo of Sampson and "CAPTAIN / LADDER 1, P.F.D." Printed paper label on back of ribbon: "RIBBON BADGES / FROM / GEO. A. SANFORD. / 23 Hawley St., BOSTON."
- Material:
- Metal
Textile
Silk
Celluloid - Dimensions:
- H-7.5 W-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Joseph P. Copley, New Castle, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Badges, Fire departments, Parades processions, Ribbon badges, Ribbons
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