Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2020.002.20
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- circa 1896
- Description:
- Ribbon badge, Granite Cutters Union, Concord, NH. Red silk ribbon, printed in silver, "OF / CONCORD BRANCH / GRANITE CUTTERS' / N. U." Stamped brass bar pin at top, with "MEMBER" printed on paper under celluloid. Attached to bottom of ribbon is metal button with color image of draped American flag on gold background. In center of button is white circle with color image of American eagle and shield with clasped hands in front, and text, "LABOR DAY / IN UNION IS STRENGTH / Labor Omnia Vincit". Printed paper label on back of button: "Buttons made by / The Whitehead & Hoag Co. / Newark, N. J., U. S. A. / Pat. April 14, 1896, / July 21, 1896.", with union bug.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Metal
Celluloid - Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-2.4 D-0.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert Macieski
- Subjects:
- Badges, Ribbons, Granite, Granite quarrying, Labor unions
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