Button, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Button, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1961.051.05
- Creator:
- Waterbury Button Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Waterbury, CT
- Date:
- 1961
- Description:
- Commemorative button, Bicentennial of Middle Grant towns, 1961. Circular gold-plated button. Obverse: map of Vermont and New Hampshire with text, "VT. / N.H. / 1761 / 1961 / MIDDLE GRANTS". Reverse: "WATERBURY CO'S / WATERBURY, CONN." Button attached to card imprinted, "BI-CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE" / These Towns of / New Hampshire and Vermont / [list of six NH towns and seven VT towns] / Join in celebration as the "Middle Grants". They received their charters mid-way of the granting period and are situated in mid N. H. and Vt. when taken as a whole." Metal loop on back of button.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Given by Dr. Sarah Emery Youngman of Hebron, NH. Dr. Youngman donated over 40 N.H. commemorative pieces to NHHS from 1961 through 1968.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Sarah Emery Youngman
- Subjects:
- Bicentennials, Commemorative objects, New Hampshire, Vermont
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