Badge, Membership
Object number96.80.3
Datec. 1950
Mediummetal, paper, ink, plastic
Credit LineGift of Edward J. Kubancek
DescriptionSchool Safety Patrol Boy's badge. Small round shape, convex face with hollow back of formed metal and snap-in bent-wire pin attachment. Obverse printed in green on white background, showing a figure against a triangle pennant shape with Western Pennsylvania Safety Council County of Allegheny My School is Safe; graphic is sealed under plastic laminate.Dimensionsdiameter: 1.25InscriptionsBadge is marked "Sun-Telegraph".
Historical NotesBadge worn by school safety patrol members, who directed traffic during the school year. Donor Edward J. Kubancek indicated that the badge allowed admission to the Safety Patrol Picnic at Kennywood Park. The Sun-Telegraph newspaper was a sponsor of the Safety Patrol program.
Related institution
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
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c. 1918
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