Community Chest, Red Feather Pin
name: label: maker
content: Geraghty & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Red and white feather pin depicts the symbol of Community Chest, an organization started in 1913 which allowed local businesses and citizens to donate to a single group that would disperse money amongst various charities. The red feather acted as a "thermometer" to track donations.
label: Description
content: Between 1919 and 1948 the number of Community Chests grew from 39 to over 1,000. The name Community Chest was widely used for United Way organizations until the 1950s. As of 2020, there are over 1,300 local United Ways in communities across the country.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Charities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1975.314637.8009
label: catalog number
content: 1975.314637.8009
label: accession number
content: 1975.314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x .9525 cm