Necklace
Object number2024.46.6
Datec. 2023
MediumFabric; Plastic
Credit LineGift of Roy Coperich
DescriptionCharm necklace. Fluorescent pink, yellow, blue, and green patterned fabric necklace made from shoelace-like band with plastic aglet at each end that insert into rounded rectangular yellow plastic clasp; clasp has maker name on one side. Thirteen (13) plastic charms mounted on the necklace at the bottom; charms include blue compass, yellow rocket(?), green turtle, red question mark, blue heptagon with text about reading, blue slice of cheese, orange megaphone, yellow and pink foot, gray groundhog, purple rectangle and star and text, blue alligator, red elephant, and orange bull.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 11.125 x 3.75 x 1 in. (28.3 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm)InscriptionsBlue compass charm has text on front around perimeter, clockwise from top center "N / E / S / W".
Blue heptagon charm has text on front "I [heart] / to Read".
Foot charm has text on one side "FF05".
Purple rectangular charm has text on front "SUPER".
Orange bull charm has text on one side "I DON"T / BULLY".
MarksYellow plastic clasp has raised text on one side "Fitness Finders".
Blue heptagon charm has text on back at bottom "800-789-9255 / C 1998".
Historical NotesPart of a collection related to William Coperich and the 2023 Pittsburgh Kids Marathon.Label TextIn 2023, six-year-old William Coperich finished the Chick-fil-A Pittsburgh Kids Marathon with 5,803 other kids. Many had trained all year at sites around the region for this youth race, the largest of its kind in the country. William did fun physical activities with his Chartiers Valley Primary School Kids of STEEL group and earned charms for completing those activities. The group’s goal? To move, play, or run a collective 25.2 miles and then complete the final marathon mile on the Saturday of Pittsburgh Marathon weekend.
Previous owner
William Coperich
Related institution
Chartiers Valley Primary School
On View
Not on view
1971-1978
c. 1945
c. 1908
1974-1986
