Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.180
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Badge, fireman's, Penacook, NH. Shield-shaped cast metal badge with black lettering: "TORRENT / PENACOOK / N.H." Cast image of hand pumper with number "1" below it. Decorative scrollwork on edges. Vertical pin soldered to back.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-1.6 D-0.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Badge belonged to Addison F. Gage (1860-1937) of Penacook, maternal great-uncle of donor. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Gage, Addison F. (1860-1937)
- Subjects:
- Fire departments, Firemen, Fire fighting equipment, Fire trucks
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