Badge, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Badge, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.186.2
- Creator:
- Whitehead Hoag Company
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1910
- Description:
- Badge, Return of Sons and Daughters, Portsmouth, NH, July 4, 1910. Cream-colored celluloid. Vertical rectangle with scalloped edge and triangular cutout at bottom. Printed in blue, "1853 1873 / CITY OF / PORTSMOUTH / NEW HAMPSHIRE / RETURN OF SONS / DAUGHTERS / JULY 4th, 1910 / 1883 1910", with Portsmouth city seal in center. Blue printing on reverse, "THE WHITEHEAD HOAG CO. NEWARK N. J.", with union bug. Safety pin on reverse.
- Material:
- Celluloid
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Reunions, Trains, Locomotives, Sailboats, Sailing ships, Factories, Wharves
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