Name/Title
Bethlehem Shipyards employee badge of Robert Harding Ames, 1941-1945Entry/Object ID
2006.21.27Description
ACC. NO. 06.21.27
SUBJECT CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES, BETHLEHEM SHIPYARDS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1941-1945
OBJECT: IDENTIFICATION BADGE
DESCRIPTION: IDENTIFICATION BADGE, CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, WITH CAPTION, "BETHLEHEM - ALAMEDA SHIPYARDS, ALAMEDA, CAL." CENTER OF BADGE HAS A PHOTOGRAPH AND THE NUMBER "61-05." ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS THE SIGNATURE OF THE PERSON AND FINGERPRINTS TO WHOM IT HAD BEEN ISSUED. BADGE HAS AN ALUMINUM FRAME AND HAS AN ATTACHMENT FOR CLIPPING ONTO GARMENT OR A PIN FOR ATTACHING.
SIZE: L 3-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: EMPLOYEE BADGE OF THE LATE ROBERT HARDING AMES, 1900-1982, EMPLOYED BY THE BETHLEHEM SHIPYARDS IN ALAMEDA.
DONOR: ESTATE OF HELENE AMES
CATALOGED: MARCH 11, 2006
