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Ribbon, Prize

Object number2021.31.1

Manufacturer Stineman Ribbon and Trophy Manufacturing Company

Date1986

OriginSouth Fork, PA

MediumSatin; Brass; Metal; Paper; Ink;

Credit LineGift of Stoop N' Bend Garden Club

DescriptionGreen and white satin award ribbon. Circular rosette has green ruffle surrounding white center bearing printed rectangular gold emblem. One green and one white satin ribbon are suspended from rosette, each ribbon has serrated bottom edge and has gold printed award information. Reverse of rosette has circular white paper backer with two brass grommets at top, staples in the body, gray metal hook vertically down through center, and black printed maker information and text.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 12.25 x 4.625 x 0.375 in. (31.1 x 11.7 x 1 cm)
InscriptionsRosette has printed gold text at center "THE / WOMAN'S / NATIONAL / FARM / & / GARDEN / ASSOCIATION / INC."

Green ribbon has printed gold text "WOMAN'S NATIONAL / FARM & GARDEN 1986".

White ribbon has printed gold text "STOOP & BEND".

Printed black text on reverse of rosette "Date / Event".
MarksPrinted black text on reverse of rosette "Stineman Ribbon Co. / Telephone... / Lambs Bridge, South Fork, Pa. 15956".
Historical NotesAward ribbon from the Stoop N' Bend Garden Club. The Stoop N’ Bend Garden Club was the first African American women’s gardening club in Pittsburgh. The club was founded on July 20, 1940 by Aluvia Waters, usually referred to as Mrs. Charles J. Waters, Jr., at the Phipps Garden Center, formerly the Pittsburgh Civic Garden Center, to “stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening.” Mrs. Waters was president of the Stoop N’ Bend for its first eight years. A club member’s husband gave the club its name, saying that when his wife worked in her garden she was always stooping and bending. In its early days Stoop N’ Bend was an organization where African American women could learn gardening tips from each other, plan events for the community, and provide a social outlet for club members. Through its history, the club sent gifts to people in need, provided flowers for veterans’ hospitals, planted gardens in new areas of Pittsburgh, volunteered with local children, and helped businesses develop their gardens. Stoop N’ Bend’s founding motto was, “We pass this way but once, let us beautify the way we go, so the world may know which way we went.”

Previous owner Stoop N' Bend Garden Club (founded 1940)

Related person Aluvia Waters

Related institution Pittsburgh Civic Garden Center

Related institution Phipps Garden Center

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