Badge
Date1851-1901
Mediumplastic; paper; silk
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length): 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
ClassificationsSocial Events
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA badge celebrating 50 years of an unknown event. There is a plastic top bar that says "CHIEF." A red and blue ribbon with gold lettering is suspended from the top bar. A button with a black and white image of a man's head is at the top of the badge beneath the top bar.
Object number1993.175.89
MarkingsRecto, printed in blue ink: "CHIEF"Recto, printed in gold ink: "APRIL 5, 1901/ HARTFORD, CONN./ APRIL 5, 1851"
Verso, stamped in black ink: "Buttons made by/ The Whitehead & Hoag Co./ Newark, N. J., U. S. A./ Pat. April 14, 1896,/ July 21, 1896."
On View
Not on viewWhitehead and Hoag Company