Box 21
Container
Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:
Artifacts, 1950s-1980s
other level — Box: 21
Identifier: Box 21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Artifact collection (1880-2000, 8 cubic feet) documents different historical aspects of Purdue University. Each artifact has been given a unique number and then organized by size, and sometimes format, in boxes. The items are of various sizes in various formats, but all have a Purdue connection. Some examples are a salt and pepper shaker set, handkerchief, window decals, and silver tea spoons. Many items demonstrate the evolution of Purdue iconography such as the griffin seal or...
Dates:
1950s-1980s
ART 149, Button, 1950s-1970s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Button with a metal stick pin; decorated with 32 in the center in black on a beige
background, surrounded on the top in gold and in black on the bottom. Circa 1950s-1970s (1 ½ x 1/8)
Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
1950s-1970s
ART 150, Button, 1950s-1970s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
Button with a metal stick pin; decorated with “’32” in the center in black on a beige background, surrounded on the top in gold and in black on the bottom. (1 ½ x 1 ½ x 1/8”) [same as ART 149, but in slightly better condition]. Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
1950s-1970s
ART 151, Button, 1950s-1970s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
Button with a meal stick pin; decorated with “’35” in the center in black numbers on a beige background, surrounded on the top in gold and in black on the bottom. Papers insert in the back of the button states: Pilgrim Badge & Specialty Co. 614 memorial Dr. Cambridge, Mass. Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
1950s-1970s
ART 153, Button, 1950s-1970s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Button. Button with a metal stick pin; decorated with PURDUE in black capital letters on a yellow background with a swatch of black at the top. (1 ¼ x 1/8”). Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
1950s-1970s
ART 154, Key chain decoration, circa 1950s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
Gold metal letters fashioned into PU with a small opening at the top for a key chain. Back of the decoration has pressed into it: Made By Mechanics Shop, Department of Practical Mechanics. (1 ½ x 1 ¼ x 1/16”). Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
circa 1950s
ART 155, ROTC uniform pin, circa 1960s-1980s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
Gold colored metal fashioned into the shape of a spread eagle with a shield in the middle and a banner at the top with the words PURDUE and E Pluribus Unum. (2 x 2 x ½”). Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
circa 1960s-1980s
ART 156, Button with decoration, circa 1970s
Item — Box: 21, Item: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
Yellow and black button with word PURDUE in the center in black letters with yellow and black ribbons attached as well as a miniature black football. (3 ½ x 1 ¼ x 1 ¼”). Purchased from eBay May 2008
Dates:
circa 1970s