Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2009.023.155
- Place of Origin:
- Wakefield, MA
- Date:
- 1960
- Description:
- Commemorative ribbon, Amherst, NH, Bicentennial, 1960. Purple fabric ribbon with gold lettering: "AMHERST / N. H. / 200TH / ANNIVERSARY / CELEBRATION / JUNE 25-26 / 1960". Ribbon is attached to a pin button, plastic-covered paper on metal, with blue lettering on white: "AMHERST / INCORPORATED 1760. / NEW HAMPSHIRE". Printing on edge of button: "RUSSELL MFG. CO. INC. WAKEFIELD MASS." Pin on back of button.
- Material:
- Textile
Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- H-5.3 W-1.6 D-0.15 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Creeley S. Buchanan (1917-2008) of Amherst, NH, who served as a state senator, 1965-1970. Donated by his widow.
- Credit Line:
- Buchanan-Spalding Collection, Gift of Rosamond Buchanan
- Subjects:
- Bicentennials
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