Collection Highlights
Study for "Carmen Jones"
1944
2001.104
Watercolor and graphite on paper
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Luce Center
Badge: annual inspection & parade S.F.D. Somerville NJ 1911
Object name
Badge: annual inspection & parade S.F.D. Somerville NJ 1911
Date
1911
Medium
Silk, paper, tin, brass
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 2 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Blue silk ribbon printed in gold ink with "ANNUAL INSPECTION/ AND PARADE/ S.F.D./ SOMERVILLE, N.J/ SEPT. 21,/ 1911"; pin at top with "Souvenir" printed in blue on coated paper inside brass frame; circular tin-back badge at bottom with coated paper front depicts photo of court house, and "SOMERSET COUNTY COURT HOUSE/ MCMVII" in white within dark blue border. Brown paper circle glued to back of circular button printed in black "The Sommer Badge Mfg Co./ MAKERS OF/ BADGES, BANNERS/ BUTTONS, NOVELTIES/ SOUVENIRS/ 237-241 HALSEY STREET, NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A." around central image of manufactory building.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 1925
Object Number
INV.10623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
