Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2003.046.01
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1924
- Description:
- Ribbon Badge. Republican National Convention, 1924, worn by Nellie Day Parker (1867-1951) of Berlin, NH. Red, white and blue silk with gold lettering: "DELEGATE / TO / NATIONAL / REPUBLICAN / CONVENTION / CLEVELAND, OHIO / 1924". Enameled brass pin, gold letters on white: "NEW / HAMPSHIRE", with two gold stars on blue in each top corner. Reverse of pin stamped, "THE [WHITEHEAD & HOAG] CO. / NEWARK, N.J."
- Material:
- Textile
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4.4 W-1.85 D-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Nellie D. Parker (1867-1951), resident of Berlin, NH, was married to Howard Parker, inventor of pulp and paper machinery at Brown Manufacturing Company, Berlin. Mrs. Parker was a member of the Republican National Committee, 1928-1936 and a leader of the state party.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Gabrielle Twitchell
- People:
- Parker, Nellie D. (1867-1951)
- Subjects:
- Badge, Delegate, Political, Republican National Convention, Ribbon, Republican Party
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