Brooch
- Object Name:
- Brooch
- Object ID:
- 2016.022
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1935
- Description:
- Brooch with hand-colored photograph of mountain road, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH, c. 1935. Oval brass backing containing gelatin silver photographic print on paper, covered with clear celluloid. View of road through a steep-sided valley, probably the Mohawk Trail (Route 2) in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. Green trees, gray road, and pink and blue sky. Bar pin on reverse, stamped "PAT. 2066969".
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Brass
Celluloid - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-1.9 D-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- The patent application for the pin catch was filed by Frank E. Farnham of Providence, RI, on February 1, 1935.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Subjects:
- Berkshire Hills, Mohawk Trail, Mountain roads
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