Employment identification badge of unidentified employee
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: American Emblem Company, American
label: Issued by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: An employee identification badge of an unidentified employee from an unidentified company. The metal badge is circular with a pin and clasp on the back. The front of the badge has a black and white photograph of an unidentified female employee. The woman is featured from the neck up and is facing the camera. A height chart is behind her. Two sets of numbers are featured on the badge: [637] is placed above the woman in large black type; [463] is featured below the woman in smaller white type. The number below the woman is most likely her employee identification number and the number above is most likely a factory number. The back of the pin has a makers mark and a patent number.
place: label: Place made
content: Utica, Oneida County, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.20
objectType: label: Type
content: badges
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal with paper and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)