Pin, Promotional
Object number2008.37.12
Date1939
MediumMetal; paint
Credit LineGift of Gerald Price
DescriptionGold pin of Elektro: robot with red eyes and mouth, red oval in stomach. Below robot, engraved in company name in black. Straight pin in back.Dimensions0.875 x 1 in. (2.2 x 2.5 cm)InscriptionsAt bottom engraved in black, "WESTINGHOUSE".
Historical NotesSouvenir pin of Westinghouse's revolutionary robot "Elektro" from the 1939 World's Fair. Part of a collection of items related to Westinghouse Airbrake Company (WABCO) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, where donor Gerald Price's grandfather, Peter Grillo, and most of his family, worked. Part of a larger collection related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
Related institution
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Related institution
Westinghouse
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1999
c. 1939
Redlich Manufacturing Company