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Badge, Identification

Object number2021.177.3

Date1930-1977

MediumMetal; Steel(?); Plastic; Paper; Ink; Photographic paper; Adhesive

Credit LineGift of Cathie Ellen Donohoe

DescriptionOval employee badge. Oval gray metal backer with raised border lip containing green paper card featuring black printed company information. Adhered to the bottom center of the green card is a black-and-white employee photograph with height chart in background and employee name and number in foreground. Slightly domed clear plastic cover layer over paper and photograph. Metal-edged hole at top center.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 5.875 x 8.375 x 11.125 in. (14.9 x 21.3 x 28.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront of green paper card has black printed text on left and right "UNITED STATES STEEL COMPANY" and at top center "DUQUESNE / WORKS".

Photograph has height chart in background with black numbers on viewer's right from 4-foot 6-inches to 6-foot in 3-inch increments.

Photograph has white text in foreground "S. CAMPOLI / 22231".
Historical NotesID badge related to Sam Campoli's career at U. S. Steel. Sam Campoli was one of eleven children born to Giovanni “Jon” and Maria Campoli (originally spelled Camipoli), who immigrated from Reggio Emilia in the region of Emilia-Romagna to Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. He was the first-American born child in the family. The Campoli’s lived in a company town (otherwise known as a coal patch) and they shared housing with another Northern Italian family. They moved to Blythedale, Pennsylvania, in the late 1920s. Sam Campoli’s first job at U.S. Steel was as a laborer at Duquesne Works in the early 1930s; by late 1959, he was in management in the electric furnace department making stainless steel. The family was pro-union and, when there was a strike in 1960, Campoli had to cross the picket line because he was management. Lots of members of the Campoli family worked for U.S. Steel, including two brothers - Geano Campoli, Delmar Campoli, and brother-in-law, Caesar Soliani, who died in a tragic accident (the company paid a nominal sum to the family). Sam Campoli was sent to Terni, Italy in the mid-1960s to teach the process of manufacturing stainless steel. He never missed a day of work, retiring after 42 years as General Turn Foreman. Donor Cathie Donohoe is Sam Campoli's daughter.

Related institution United States Steel Corporation

Previous owner Sam Campoli

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