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Pin, Promotional

Object number2019.157.1

Date1911

MediumMetal; Fabric; Silk(?)

Credit LineGift of Margot G. Minor

DescriptionCommemorative pin or badge. Bronze-colored arrowhead-shaped medallion with loop at top center. Front of medallion has shallow relief of Native Americans overlooking a river and bridge with raised commemorative text above and below; reverse is smooth and undecorated. Black and gold fabric (silk?) ribbon looped and tied in a bow through the medallion's top loop. Ribbon has a metal safety-pin-style pin on the viewer's left side of the ribbon loop.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 3 x 2.125 x 0.5 in. (7.6 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront of the arrowhead-shaped medallion has raised text at top "SEWICKLEY / CORAOPOLIS / BRIDGE CELEBRATION" and bottom "SEPT / 18-23 / 1911".
Historical NotesSewickley-Coraopolis Bridge commemorative pin. This pin was designed to commemorate the celebration held between September 18-23, 1911 for the grand opening of the Sewickley-Coraopolis Bridge. The bridge was constructed between 1909-1911 with steel fabrication by the the Fort Pitt Bridge Works. The bridge underwent a series of repairs throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and remains in use. The pin belonged to donor Margot G. Minor's mother, Ermine Frederick Campbell, who might have attended the celebration. Campbell was a suffragette, a charter member of the Women's Civic Club of Brookline, and a founding member of the Thursday Reading Club and Over 55'ers of Brookline.

Previous owner Ermine Frederick Campbell

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