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Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1993.175.8 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Nathan Hale School House Bicentennial badge
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1993.175.8 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Nathan Hale School House Bicentennial badge

Dateabout 1900
Mediumplastic; metal; fabric
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 1 7/8 × 2 7/8in. (4.8 × 7.3cm)
ClassificationsSocial Events
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA badge from the Bicentennial in 1900 of the Nathan Hale School House in East Haddam, Conn. The button is attached to a red, white, and blue ribbon. On the front side is a color image of the Nathan Hale School House, and on the reverse side is black and white image of a statue of Nathan Hale.
Object number1993.175.8
MarkingsRecto, printed in black: "BI-CENTENNIAL JUNE 6, 1900./ NATHAN HALE SCHOOL HOUSE/ 1773- East Haddam, Conn.-1900"

Verso, printed in black: "HALE"

Printed in black along bottom edge: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO., NEWARK, N. J."
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1993.175.7 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
    Whitehead and Hoag Company
    about 1900
    Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1977.57.0 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society…
    Whitehead and Hoag Company
    about 1935
    Gift of Roger C. Loomis, 1991.45.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Whitehead and Hoag Company
    about 1926
    Gift of Mrs. C. Edwin Blake, 1975.27.2b © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Whitehead and Hoag Company
    1907
    Gift of A. Douglas Proctor, 1997.38.0 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1976
    Gift of Alvin Schaut, 2016.14.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Bond Manufacturing Co.
    1900-1920
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5582  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling
    1970