Object Details
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Description (Brief)
- Pin for the Fatherless Children of France Society. The group was established to unite French orphans with American "godparents" through charitable giving. On the front is an image of a woman standing behind two children, against a green background. Green print on reverse reads, "10 cents a day // $3.00 a month // $36.50 a year saves a child for France." Mrs. Walter S. Brewster is listed as the chairman.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1915-1920
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0130
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0130
- Object Name
- pin
- Celluloid Pin
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 3.2 cm; 9/16 in x 1 1/4 in
- overall: 2 3/16 in x 11/16 in x 1/8 in; 5.55625 cm x 1.74625 cm x .3175 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- referenced
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Clothing & Accessories
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1317127
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f520-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
