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Third Lliberty Loan button

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-194456

Description

Satin red, white, and blue striped ribbon. The blue stripe is on top, followed by white, then red. In the white stripe there is black typing. Attached to the left hand side is a small button that has a red border with a blue inner circle. Inside the blue circle is white typing and a white picture of the liberty bell.

Details

Descriptive Terms

buttons (information artifacts)
satin
Button

Inscription

"THIRD LIBERTY LOAN" (Black typing)
"Third / Liberty Loan" (White typing on pin with liberty bell in the middle)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Newark, New Jersey

Dimensions

1 3/8 (W), 4/5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2727

Places

New Jersey (United States)
Newark (Essex county, New Jersey)

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