Button: Eagan Schools of Business, N.Y. and N.J. N.d., ca. 1909-1917.
Entry/Object ID
2014.001.0094
Description
Button: Eagan Schools of Business, N.Y. and N.J. No date, circa 1909-1917.
5/8" diameter pin button. Text as above on front in blue on cream field
Manufactured by Erhman Manufacturing Co., Milford, N.H. Marked on edge: Erhman Milford NH.
School was founded in Hoboken in 1903 by John J. Eagan and Hoboken location was 66 Hudson St. See objects 2014.001.0090 for a different button of same era.
Back has a printed paper insert with additional promotional text which lists Hoboken and other locations:
Eagan Schools
E
Hoboken
47 West 42nd St. NY
174 Fulton St.
N.Y.
Hackensack.
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See notes for additional information on Eagan locations.
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new jersey / new york / business /
Acquisition
Accession
2014.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Date made
1909 - 1917
Notes
Date: 1909-1917
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Other information that can helps to provide the probable date range is:
Patterson's College & School Directory for 1909 has Hoboken, Hackensack and New York (not specific addresses in that city.)
The 1913 and 1917 directories give the New York address as 20 Vesey Street, but no other New York locations. In 1923 directory and in ads, the New York location is given as 174 Montague Street, Brooklyn.
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Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada, volumes 5-7. 1909.
Author: Homer L. Patterson
Publisher: American Educational Company
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-04-08
