Artist/Maker
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
(Newark, New Jersey, 1892 – 1959)
Ribbon badge
ca. 1907
Place madeNewark, New Jersey, United States, North America
Silk, metal, paper, plastic
Overall: 6 × 2 3/8 in. (15.2 × 6 cm)
INV.7332
DescriptionBadge comprised of ornate rectangular silvered metal pin-back bar with inserted paper tag behind plastic protector, inscribed in blue: "V.H.C."; yellow silk ribbon suspended beneath; inscription printed in silver: "NEW YORK / Poultry and Pigeon / ASSOCIATION / 18TH ANNUAL / EXHIBITION / MADISON SQUARE / GARDEN / NEW YORK, 1907 / NEW YORK / ORNITHOLOGICAL / SOCIETY"; paper label with manufacturer's name applied to reverse.MarkingsInscription: top of reverse, printed in silver: "WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./NEWARK, NEW JERSEY"
Inscription: paper label at reverse, imprinted in black: "The Whitehead & Hoag Co./MAKERS OF/BADGES, BUTTONS, SIGNS AND/ADVERTISING NOVELTIES./NEW YORK OFFICE {Rooms 619-20-21-22, 6th Florr,/Postal Telegraph Bldg., 253 Broadway./ALL GOODS GUARANTEED UNION MADE. ..."
ClassificationsLAPEL DEVICES (PIN-BACK BUTTONS & BADGES)
