Membership Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

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Name/Title

Membership Button

Entry/Object ID

2004.72.2

Description

Round, green metal button printed in a white with an even-sided cross and the inscription, "SAAFETY PATROL CONVENTION / OCT. 10, 1940 / BURLINGTON, VT."

Context

Produced for the 1940 Safety Patrol Convention in Burlington, Vermont. School safety patrol systems used older elementary school children to help younger children navigate streets near school buildings.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.72

Source or Donor

VHS Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Credit Line

Fern Souther Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1940

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

1-1/4 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

American Automobile Association

Related Places

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America