Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3917
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button with a gold border around a gray band around a red globe. It reads in beige "Frick Company/ Eclipse/ Waynesboro, PA." From before 1890, Frick Co. manufactured tractors, farm machinery, saw mills, ice machines, and other engines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
