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Button

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1930

GUSN

GUSN-194617

Description

Round metal white plate trimmed with red and has red print. Has two red ribbons hanging off. Print of a squrill on front. Printed name on plate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

buttons (information artifacts)
metal
ribbon (material)
Button, Fraternal

Inscription

"STEPHEN W PHILLIPS/ '95" (typed)
"ACCOSIATED HARVARD CLUBS/ MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL" (printed)
"JUNE/ 1930" (printed)
"W. & H. CO. NEWARL, N.J./PAT.OCT.1.1929" (Engraved)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Newark, New Jersey

Dimensions

2.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2745

Date

1930 (Patent date: October 1, 1929)

Places

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

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