Patch
- Object Name:
- Patch
- Object ID:
- 2014.041
- Creator:
- Felt Crafters
- Place of Origin:
- Plaistow, NH
- Date:
- 1955
- Description:
- Patch, worn during visit of Dwight D. Eisenhower to Concord, NH, 1955. Circular; white silk face; cotton backing; machine-stitched edge. Obverse: "NEW HAMPSHIRE WELCOMES / PRESIDENT EISENHOWER / JUNE 23-25, 1955" printed in red block letters in horizontal band; figure of the Old Man of the Mountain on brown flocked felt band above and "AIDE" in white reversed in brown flocked felt band beneath. Reverse: "The Felt Crafters / EMBLEMATIC SPOR[TSWEAR] / FOR CLUB-CAMP[-CAMPUS] / FACTORIES PLAIST[OW, N.H.] / MADE IN [U.S.A.]" printed in green.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Dimensions:
- D-0.05 Dia-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Worn by the donor's uncle, Arthur Vachon, an employee of the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways from 1955 to 1980.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Shana Rousseau
- Subjects:
- Presidents, Old Man of the Mountain, Patches
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