Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.187
- Date:
- 1880-1885
- Description:
- Badge. railroad cap, metal. Stamped black lettering: "BRAKEMAN / C.M. & ST.P.RY." Horizontal rectangle with slot at each end, for attaching to cap. Worn by Osgood W. Gage (b. 1858, Penacook, NH), brakeman on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-3.65 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Badge was found in wallet of Osgood W. Gage, which also contained several employee's passes issued to him by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, 1881-84, as well as a Central Vermont RR ticket from Claremont to South Charlestown. Passes and tickets transferred to library. Wallet not kept.
Osgood W. Gage (b. 1858, Penacook, NH) was maternal great uncle of donor. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Gage, Osgood W. (1858- )
- Subjects:
- Railroads, Railroad employees
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