Badge

Object Name:

Badge

Object ID:

2020.500

Creator:

Whitehead & Hoag CompanyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Newark, NJ

Date:

1918

Description:

Ribbon badge, veteran's. Silk ribbon with vertical red, white, and blue stripes; text printed in gold: "CAMP / HENRY W. CLARK / 42ND ANNUAL / ENCAMPMENT / N. H. / VETERANS / ASSOCIATION / THE WEIRS, N.H. / AUGUST 27-30, 1918". Circular printed paper label adhered to back of ribbon: "BADGES BANNERS / BUTTONS / WHITEHEAD / AND / HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N. J. / ADVERTISING / NOVELTIES", printed over red union label. Ribbon suspended from pinback button with photographic image of Henry W. Clark. Printed paper label on back of button: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BUTTONS, / BADGES, / NOVELTIES / AND SIGNS / NEWARK, N.J." Horizontal gold-colored metal frame attached to bottom of ribbon, with American flag printed on paper under celluloid.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Metal
Paper
Celluloid

Dimensions:

H-3.8 W-2 D-0.15 inches

Provenance:

Henry W. Clark (1842-1918) was born in Walpole, NH. He enlisted in Company I of the 9th NH Regiment in August, 1862. He became chief clerk in the brigade quartermaster's department, and served there until the war's end. After the war, Clark resided in Winchendon, MA, working as a railroad agent and later in woodwork manufacture. In 1895, he served as President of the Ninth NH Veterans Association; and in 1907, as President of the NHVA. Clark died June 8, 1918, just two months before he would have received a hero's welcome as the honoree of the 42nd NHVA encampment. Clark is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Winchendon.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Clark, Henry W. (1842-1918)

Subjects:

Veterans, Veterans' organizations, Reunions, Civil War, Badges, Ribbons