Button, Insignia
Object number2009.102.2 a-c
Manufacturer
L.G. Balfour Company
OriginAttleboro, MA
Mediumgold; enamel; paper; felt
Credit LineGift of Rebecca Lebeda
DescriptionThirty-year service button with original box.Dimensions(a) Width/Length: .625(b with c) W/L: 1.75 ; Depth: .625
Inscriptions(a)
Front of button has badge with text "USS".
Front has text embossed on center, "30 YRS".
Front has gold text "CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS".
(b)
Printed in blue on front, "USS [encircled] / CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS / STEEL CORPORATION".
(c)
Stamped in black, "30 YEAR / BUTTON".
Marks(b)
Printed on inside of box, "L.G. BALFOUR CO. / ATTLEBORO, MASS."
Historical Notes30 year service button of Walter Fawcett, Jr. Born December 15, 1902, and died December 24, 1988. Walter, Jr. never married. He followed his father into the Homestead Steel Mill and worked there for 50 years as a machinist.
Previous owner
Walter C. Fawcett Jr.
Related institution
Carnegie Steel Company
Related institution
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
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L.G. Balfour Company
L.G. Balfour Company
L.G. Balfour Company
L.G. Balfour Company
1931-1957