Fire Badge "7th Annual Excursion of Washington Engine Company No. 1"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1898
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: This ribbon commemorating the seventh annual Excursion of Washington Engine Company No. 1 of Morristown, New Jersey to Paterson, New Jersey was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey in 1898. The tan ribbon has a gilt metal pin at the top, and a circular metal photo of a steam engine embedded in the center of the ribbon. The ribbon is embossed with gold letters that read “MEMBER/7th ANNUAL EXCURSION/OF/WASHINGTON/ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1,/OF/MORRISTOWN, N.J./TO/PATERSON, N.J./OCTOBER 4, 1898. The Washington Engine Company No. 1 was founded in 1867 and reorganized in 1872. It purchased an American steam engine in 1895, likely the engine depicted in the photograph. Fire companies would often took excursions to visit other companies to celebrate their common bond and engage in some friendly competition. They commemorated these trips with ribbons, medals, trumpets, and trophies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 2005.0233.1395
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.1395
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge, fireman's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm