Pin, Promotional
Object number2015.27.2
Date2003
MediumMetal/Paper/Ink
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionPin commemorating the Rooney Family's Lewis and Clark expedition. The pin is mounted on a rectangular paper card. The oval bronze-tone metal pin has a relief of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea in a landscape with text below; back has a clutch fastener. Paper card is light gray with purple-red illustration of Lewis and Clark and woman in a landscape at top with text below and along sides. Two signatures are handwritten in black ink along sides.Dimensions3.125 x 4.063 x 0.625 in. (7.9 x 10.3 x 1.6 cm)InscriptionsThe pin has text along the bottom "Lewis & Clark / Rooney Corps of Rediscovery".
Paper card has text at center "Rooney Corps of Rediscovery / Thank you for all your help.", at bottom "We hope you will continue to enjoy / "Lewis & Clark. Great Journey West" ", at left "Captain Merriweather [sic] Lewis / Art Rooney", and at right "Captain William Clark / Dan Rooney"; the "Art Rooney" and "Dan Rooney" are handwritten signatures in black ink.
Historical NotesLewis and Clark pin and medal from Rooney Family Lewis and Clark trip, known as the Rooney Corps of Rediscovery.
Related person
Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
Related person
Daniel Milton Rooney
(1932 - 2017)
Related institution
Rooney Family Corps of Rediscovery
Related person
William Clark
(1770 - 1838)
Related person
Meriwether Lewis
(1774 - 1809)
Related person
Sacagawea
On View
Not on view
2003
c. 2003
c. 2003
1999