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Commemorative ribbon

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

GUSN

GUSN-194491

Description

Small red satin ribbon with straight pin in back glued into the seam. The bottom edge is dovetailed and frayed. There is diagonal gold embossment on the front.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commemoratives
satin
Ribbon, Commemorative

Inscription

"BOSTON" (Diagonal gold embossment)
"Boston Badge / Co / Badges, Buttons / 294 Wash'n St. / BOSTON / ALLIED PRINTING /TRADES COUNCIL / UNION LABEL / 49" (Black writing on and aged white sticker)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Boston Badge Comapny (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts

Dimensions

1 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2732

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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