1920 Hebron NH Entertainment Committee Badge with Shaking Hands carrying box and also distinguishes it as

and also distinguishes it as much humbler than many fancier examples from same period

19 12" tall x 13" wide with dress fully spread

done instead on a wire mesh screen (which one imagines was left over from screening the porch or barn yard or making a strainer) and

with just very minor irregularity to the form

1920 Hebron NH Entertainment Committee Badge with Shaking Hands carrying box and also distinguishes it asA fun thing, which I thought could be aptly pinned to one's chest on all sorts of occasions! And the history of Old Home Days, specific to New Hampshire, and continuing to this day, is a rich one, established by Governor Frank Rollins in 1899 as a way to invite former residents of New Hampshire home at a time when the opening of the West, and lure of urban centers with industrial jobs had depleted New Hampshires rural areas. At its height it was