Columbus Day badge
- Description (Brief)
- Die-cut badge from a sheet of celluloid. A star rests atop a circular piece, and is engraved with an image of Christopher Columbus. The celluloid piece is stapled to a red, white, and blue silk ribbon that can be pinned to one's clothing.
- Souvenir from the Norwich, Conn. celebration on October 21st 1892 of the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- badge
- date made
- 1892
- depicted
- Columbus, Christopher
- maker
- Gleason, Thos. J.
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- silk (decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.6 cm x 6.8 cm; 6 1/8 in x 2 11/16 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0705
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0705
- subject
- Celluloid
- Coins, Currency and Medals
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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