Tag, Identification
Object number2013.114.1
Date1917-1918
MediumMetal
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Partial gift of Linda Barrett
DescriptionCircular light metal disc with a small hole at the top. Stamped text around edge and at center.Dimensions0.62 x 1.375 in. (1.6 x 3.5 cm)InscriptionsFront: "COR.EVERETT.SCOTT. FRANCE".
Center: "AEF".
Right edge: "PITTSBURG.PA."
Left edge: "2421.WARDSWORTH".
Historical NotesDog tag from Everett Meade Scott's service during World War I. Everett Meade Scott, Jr. was a veteran of World War I serving as a Corporal with the 543rd Engineers. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1892 and attended Pittsburgh schools up to the seventh grade. Scott’s parents Everett, Sr., and Louisa were born in Virginia and migrated to Pittsburgh sometime in the late 19th century. His father was a furniture maker, grocer, and laborer. He owned a store called Scott & Holmes that sold everything from live poultry, fish and oysters, butter and eggs, and hard and soft shell crabs. Part of a collection related to Everett Mead Scott/Holmes family. A noted family in Pittsburgh’s African American community included local business owners, legal scholars, and professional Jazz musicians. Relatives and descendants of the family include legal scholar Derrick Bell, and Jazz pianist Charles Bell.
Previous owner
Everett Meade Scott Jr.
(born 1892)
Related institution
American Expeditionary Forces
Related institution
543rd Engineers
Subjects
On View
On view
1939-1945
1945
1917-1918
1932-1968
1954-1962
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
MMORE International BV