Badge

Object Name:

Badge

Object ID:

2007.017

Place of Origin:

Attleboro, MA

Date:

1942-1945

Description:

Worker's identification badge, metal (mostly aluminum), round, with photograph of a woman. Lettering cast in relief around perimeter, on red enamel background: "AMOSKEAG METAL PRODUCTS INC." Number "393" scratched in metal below photograph. Black and white paper photograph of a woman (probably Florette Plourde), under clear plastic covering. Pin on back. Back stamped "ROBBINS CO / ATTLEBOR[O] / MASS".

Material:

Metal
Aluminum
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

D-0.08 Dia-1.75 inches

Provenance:

Worn by Florette Irene Plourde (1918-2004) at Amoskeag Metal Products, Inc., Manchester, NH, which was in business from 1942 to 1945. The company made 20mm projectiles.

The badge was part of a large collection of photographs from the estate of Florette Plourde Lamontagne. They were given to the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society in West Warwick, RI, and then transferred to the New Hampshire Historical Society. There are several photos that include Florette Plourde, but most are unidentified.

Florette Irene Plourde was born in Concord, NH, lived in the Manchester/Suncook area, and died in West Warwick, RI. She married Eugene Joseph Lamontagne in 1954. She was a member and volunteer of the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society

People:

Plourde, Florette Irene (1918-2004)

Subjects:

Badges, Identification tags, Metalworking, Photographs, War industry, Women, World War II