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Button, Commemorative

Object Name:
Button, Commemorative
Object ID:
2013.021.02
Creator:
Eastern Specialty Manufacturing Company
Place of Origin:
Boston, MA
Date:
1901
Description:
Pin button. Plastic-covered paper on metal. Color image of woman holding a rose. White lettering in red band around perimeter: "SOUVENIR CONCORD STATE FAIR / AUG. 27.28.29.30.1901." Paper insert on reverse, with black printing: "EASTERN / SPECIALTY / MFG./ CO. / BOSTON / the W. H. Co. Patents / July 17, '94, April 14, '9[?] / July 21, '96". Pin on back.
Material:
Metal
Paper
Plastic
Dimensions:
D-0.15 Dia-1.25 inches
Provenance:
Originally owned by the Maybelle Kelly family of Dunbarton, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Paulita Martel
Subjects:
Fairs, State fairs, Roses
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