Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: Delegate 34th Annual Conv., Jamestown, NY...1906
Object Number:
INV.10454
Date:
ca. 1906
Medium:
metal, textile, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
pin: "DELEGATE"
badge: "34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION/JAMESTOWN, N.Y./CHAUTAUQUA LAKE/F.A.S.N.Y./AUG. 21/1906"
Description:
Brass-colored metal pin with suspended ribbon badge. Pin features firefighting equipment and drapped ribbon design with text, "DELEGATE". Red ribbon with badge suspended from upper pin. Badge is shield-shaped with scroll and foleate designs. Central panel depicts a steamboat on a lake withe overhanging trees and a white enamel firefighter's shield at the bottom of the badge. Text on badge reads "34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION/JAMESTOWN, N.Y./CHAUTAUQUA LAKE/F.A.S.N.Y./AUG. 21/1906".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
