Badge, Membership
Object number2013.8.1
Date1974
MediumSilk/Bronze
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionConvention badge. Brass embossed rectangular plate on top. Attached on reverse side behind pin is a red, white, and blue vertically striped silk ribbon with gold printed event information. Embossed circular medal attached to bottom of ribbon. Maker's mark on reverse of medal.Dimensions4.625 x 2 in. (11.7 x 5.1 cm)InscriptionsPlate: "DELEGATE".
Ribbon has gold printed text: "15TH / CONSTITUTIONAL / CONVENTION / PENNSYLVANIA / AFL-CIO / PITTSBURGH, PA. / MARCH 26-29, 1974".
Medal: "AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR / CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS"; "PENNSYLVANIA / AFL-CIO"; in center: image of two hands in a hand shake, one wrist labeled "AFL", the other "CIO"; superimposed over a shape of a keystone.
Marks"J.J.W.U. / UNION MADE"; diamond shape in center.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of badges from various union conventions in the Pittsburgh area. This badge is from the AFL-CIO 15th Constitutional Convention in 1974.
Related institution
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Previous owner
John M. Maddigan
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