My own backyard again

[MrGee]

Went out for a little while this afternoon and found a pin. It is 1 1/8 inches square and is in really nice shape. The front has "Edison" engraved on it and the back has "whitehead & Hoag, Newark NJ, Pat Aug 2, '21. The pin on the back is intact and with a little oil, works perfectly.

There used to be a plant here in town that made the wood cabinets for the Edison Co. phonographs. I suspect that it is connected with them in some way. Whitehead & Hoag specialized in advertising and promotional items, so it figures. Guess i'll run down to the library tomorrow and ask them if they know about it.

The thing was about 7 inches deep and the signal was kinda bouncy since it was under a piece of rusty strap iron. It's not real heavy, but it came out of the ground in really nice shape so I believe it may have some silver in it.

 

[oldranger]

Cool Find MrgEE

the neatest thing i found in the yard
was a 1945 dog license.. too bad the
county cant find the the records of the
dogs name

Ron

Rangers lead The Way

 

[rwolfgang518]

That' is an amazing find!!! You should check who owned your house during that time....perhaps the former owner used to work for them!? That would be a nice little twist!

 

[fongu]

It's amazing how a find like that gets you interested in history, isn't it. I've always enjoyed history, but never realized how much local history there was until I started this hobby. Great find and in mint condition.

 

[MrGee]

I took the pin down to the local museum but they didn't know much about it. They agreed that it is a promotional item rather than an employee ID or some such thing. It is a picture pin (too bad the picture wasn't still there). They did tell me that some people are planning to write a book on the local connection with Edison and a lot of their research will be done at the museum. I'll watch for them and confront them with the pin. Might get a mention in their book!