Pin

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.38

Description

Small shield shaped, enameled pin. The pin has a dark blue top third and vertical red and white striped lower two-thirds. On the blue enameled section are the letters, "USA AAAD" in gold, referencing the American Athletic Association of the Deaf. The pin has a straight backing to affix to fabric.

Context

Worn and earned by by Herbert P. Holbrook who was a class A ski jumper and olympic cross-country skier. He was an alumnus of the Austine School for the Deaf, and admitted to the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) in 1964, when he also made the New York Times News twice that year. He competed in Berchtesgaden (West Germany) in the 1960s and in the Meribel Olympics in France in 1979.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1970

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pin, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pin, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

3/4 in

Width

5/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Austine School for the Deaf

Web Links and URLs

Records of Cross-country Skiing in Olympics-Deaflympics, Clip of New York Times-January, 1964, Clip of New York Times-February, 1964, Biography of Herbert Holbrook