Button, Organizational
Object number95.153.141
MediumMetal; Paper; Plastic; Ink
Credit LineGift of Regional Industrial Development Corporation
DescriptionCircular employee pinback button. Front is white with clear plastic outer layer. Front has blue C-clamp (or G-clamp) with blue U. S. Steel logo on head and red horizontal line below the handle; red and blue printed text above and below the tool. Reverse is silver metal with pinback closure horizontal across center.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.25 × 0.375 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)InscriptionsFront has blue text on C-clamp tool head "USS".
Front has red and blue printed text "ASK ME / the BIG Shop / Homestead Works / I'M PROUD / & / I CARE / I'LL HELP".
Historical NotesPart of a collection from Duquesne Works, United States Steel. U. S. Steel Machine Shop No. 1, Homestead Works was known as "The Big Shop".
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
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Teraco
American Safety Table Company
Askew and Associates
C. and E. Marshall Company
c. 1773
c. 1917
