Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Badge Pin #15046
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a single metal badge/pin (believed to be copper). The front of the pin includes an image of a biplane, the text "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton Ohio," and the number 15046 (presumably an employee identification number of some kind). The item measures approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1918
Creator
- Dayton-Wright Airplane Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing this item.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Dayton-Wright Company was an integral part of the war effort during World War I, producing and delivering to the front over 3500 airplanes: De Havilland 4s (DH-4s), British bombers to be redesigned for the American Liberty engine (which the company also produced) and 400 J-I trainers designed by the American company Standard Aircraft (Standard SJ-1s).
The pin is believed to be an employee identification badge, as pictures in the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs (MS-152), all dating to 1918, appear to show employees wearing similar pins/badges.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 pin) ; approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The item was donated to the Historical Society of Harford County (Maryland) by Patricia Barnes, for the historical society's annual yard sale fundraiser. Ms. Barnes had obtained it from the estate of her sister, who collected antiques and historical items. (The pin is not believed to have originally belonged to anyone in Patricia Barnes' family.) Mary Schweers, administrative assistant for The Historical Society, contacted us to see if we would like to have the item. The museum's director, Maryanna Skowronski, made the decision to donated it to us.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This item was donated to Wright State University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives by the Historical Society of Harford County (Maryland) in September 2021.
donor
- Historical Society of Harford County (Bel Air, Maryland) (Organization)
Subject
- Dayton-Wright Airplane Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Badge Pin #15046 (SC-371)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Rickey
- Date
- 2021 Sept 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
