Employment identification badge of unidentified employee
- Manufactured by
- American Emblem Company, American
- Issued by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- metal with paper and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
- Description
- 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 made
- Utica, Oneida County, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- badges
- Topic
- Identity
- Labor
- Photography
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2018.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.