Button
- Object Name:
- Button
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.57
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Pin button. Metal. White background, red rim, black text: "NEWPORT, N. H. / 40TH / WINTER / CARNIVAL / 1956 / JAN. 20-21-22". No maker's mark. Pin on reverse.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper - Dimensions:
- Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
- Subjects:
- Carnivals, Winter, Winter carnivals, Winter, Winter sports, Button badges
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