Button, Commemorative

Object Name:

Button, Commemorative

Object ID:

2001.017.25

Creator:

Whitehead & Hoag Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Newark, NJ

Date:

1903

Description:

Commemorative button, City of Nashua, NH, 50th anniversary, 1903. Circular, platic-covered paper on metal. White background with blue image and text: "50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF NASHUA, N. H. / JUNE 28, 29, 30, 1903" around perimeter. Seal of the City of Nashua in center consisting of circular disc with text, "TOWNSHIP OF DUNSTABLE / 1673" around outer edge and "CITY OF NASHUA / 1873" at bottom of an inner circle. Inner circle contains pictures of clasped hands at top, cotton mill, iron foundry, bridge and train in background, hammer and anvil, plough, regulator, bale of goods, and horn of plenty in foreground. Seal is surrounded by laurel wreath. Whole image offset from center. Paper insert in back, white with black printing. Oval union bug: "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES / UNION / LABEL / COUNCIL / NEWARK" with number "3" to right. Lettering below: "Button made by / The Whitehead & Hoag Co. / Newark, N. J., U. S. A. / Pat. April 14, 1896, / July 21, 1896."

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

D-0.1 Dia-1.25 inches

Provenance:

Ralph W. Holt (b. 1883) of Nashua, NH, was a building contractor. He served seven years in the N.H. National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915, and a delegate to the 1918 N.H. Constitutional Convention.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett

People:

Holt, Ralph (1883-1937)

Subjects:

Seal of the city of Nashua, NH, Factories, Factory buildings, Railroads, Locomotives, Cornucopias, Plows, Caduceus, Mills, Anvil