Badge, Identification
Object number2004.142.2
Datec.1940
MediumMetal; Paper
Credit LineGift of Joseph S. Bielecki
DescriptionCircular plated-metal badge with safety pin on back. Cut-out roundel at the center, into which has been fitted a "head-shot" photograph of employee Anna Krall, overlaid with a convex clear plastic protective bezel or cover; surrounding this in embossed lettering against a bright-orange painted background: below this is a stamped number, infilled in orange: "12405"; there is a "safety-pin"-type attachment fitted to the reverse side of the badge.Dimensions1.75 x 1.75 x 0.25 in. (4.4 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsText around outside of badge reads: "WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC; text below image reads "EAST / PITTSBURGH". Below this is a stamped number, infilled in orange: "12405".
Historical Notesthis badge was worn by Anna Krall, when she was employed by the Westinghouse Electric Company in East Pittsburgh; it appears to date from the late thirties to early forties, and may represent a WWII war production identification badge; a daughter of Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants, her parents and brothers and sisters also worked for Westinghouse at one time or anotherLabel TextAnna Krall wore this badge as an employee of the Westinghouse Electric Company in East Pittsburgh. The daughter of Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants, Krall came from a family of Westinghouse employees. By 1943, more than 30,000 women worked in Pittsburgh war plants; at Westinghouse Electric, one quarter of the workers were female.
Previous owner
Anna Krall
Related institution
Westinghouse Electric Company
(founded 1945)
On View
On view
c. 1991
c. 1960
1960-1969
