Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification

Badge, Identification

Object number2013.36.8
Datec. 1960
MediumMetal; Paper; Leather
Credit LineGift of Marya Pendro-Thomson
DescriptionCircular metal employee identification badge. Adhered to the obverse center's brown leather is a rectangular black-and-white bust portrait of a Caucasian male wearing eyeglasses and standing in front of a height-tracking background. In front of male is the text with company name and employee/badge number. There is no front cover. Reverse side has safety pin.Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
InscriptionsAt bottom of photograph is text "WILSON-SNYDER / 151".
Historical NotesAndrew H. Pendro, Jr.'s employee badge. Part of a collection related to the Pendro family. The Pendro family immigrated to New York City in the late 1800’s from Austria-Hungary, though the family was primarily of Carpatho-Rusyn and Russian descent. They settled in the Pittsburgh area around 1890 after hearing that there were jobs in the area. The family formed close ties with several institutions in the region most notably the Edgar Thompson Steel Mill and Joseph Horne Company. Shortly after arriving in Pittsburgh, George Pendro began working at the Edgar Thompson Steel Mill. Several other family members worked at the mill including George’s son Andrew, Andrew’s wife Lucy, and Lucy’s father Andrew Wagner. The family also had close ties to the Joseph Horne Company department store. Frank Wagner, Andrew Wagner’s father worked as a boot maker for Horne’s after emigrating from Germany in 1843. Many family members would later work for the company, most notably his great grandson Andrew Pendro, Jr. who worked in the special events and sign departments from 1963-1981. The artifact collection consists of many handmade pieces of clothing from several women in the family and many items connected to Andrew Pendro Jr.’s artistic career at Hornes’, teaching German children after WWII and at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind. Many of his pieces are also connected to his Byzantine faith and heritage.
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