Fire Badge "Reception Committee Paterson, N.J."
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This white and red ribbon has a brass pin and rings at the top. It was designed to be worn as a badge by a member of the Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Company’s Reception Committee. The upper section of the ribbon has a metal ornamentation of two crossed American flags on poles, topped by a spread-winged eagle and a banner above its head that reads “RECPTN. COM.” The ribbon has a red strand that reads “PHOENIX/SILK M’F’G CO.” in gold, and a white strand that reads “EMPLOYEES/PATERSON N.J.” The water power supplied by the Great Passaic Falls made Paterson an attractive city for manufacturing, and the Phoenix Manufacturing Company began operating in Paterson in 1824. In 1892 it changed its name to the Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Company, under which it operated until the 1910s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Work
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.1396
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.1396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge, fireman's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal, flannel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm