NALC convention delegate badge

Object Details

Description

This light-blue ribbon identified the wearer as a delegate at the18th Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) held in Rochester, New York, from September 4-9, 1911. The suspended medal includes the NALC’s distinctive symbol, adopted in 1891, of a hand holding a stamped letter addressed “U.S.A” that is encircled by the union’s name.

Letter carriers were the first postal workers to form a union. The NALC was founded to represent city delivery letter carriers on August 30, 1889, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Reference:

http://www.nalc.org/nalc/facthist/index.html (Accessed April 11, 2006)

September 4-9, 1911

Object number

2002.2006.14

Type

Labor Unions & Associations Material

Medium

fabric (rayon); metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 3 1/2 x 2 in. (8.89 x 5.08 cm)

Place

New York

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Topic

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)

Postal Employees

Record ID

npm_2002.2006.14

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83c34f65b-ad16-4c22-854d-e23f6e333f44