Badge: Hoboken 74 B.P.O.E.; Outing and Clam Bake, Sept. 29, 1901.

Object/Artifact

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Hoboken Historical Museum

front

front

Name/Title

Badge: Hoboken 74 B.P.O.E.; Outing and Clam Bake, Sept. 29, 1901.

Entry/Object ID

2015.001.0090

Description

Badge: Hoboken 74 B.P.O.E. [Benevolent Protective Order of Elks]; Outing and Clam Bake, Sept. 29, 1901. Two piece badge with patriotic ribbon. Pin back bar, 2-1/4" wide x 15/16" high; cast silver finished metal with clear celluloid insert domed cover over printed label: Hoboken 74 B.P.O.E. Fragments of origin 1-3/4" wide ribbon. Lower element: cast metal round medallion, ca. 1-3/4" diameter, with clear celluloid insert domed cover, 1" diameter, over printed label, depiction of an elk head with text surround: Outing and Clam Bake Sept. 29, 1901. Maker's marks on reverse: Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, N.J. Pat. Appl'd For. ---- Elks Lodge No. 74 / Elks' Club /

Acquisition

Accession

2015.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Made/Created

Date made

1901

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-06-17