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| Text on Button | BASTIAN BROS. CO. 12345 |
| Image Description | Blue background with black lettering and cut-out archway with photograph of Bastian Brothers employee. |
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| Additional Information | Bastian Brothers Company opened in 1895 in Rochester, New York by brothers Theron Bastian and Frederick Bastian. Originally a jewelry store, the company quickly began producing customized badges, paperweights, lapel pins, and award products. Bastian Brothers is a totally unionized firm. Bastian Brothers employees wore these pins as their employee identification. There is a small window in the front of the button, behind which a photograph is placed. Note the interesting employee number "12345." This button is mostly made of celluloid because of the metal rations during WW2. Only a grommet and the pin are made of metal. |
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SOURCE: Bastian Brothers Company Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2013 from http://www.bastiancompany.com/about.shtml. |
| Catalog ID | IN0012 |