Steel Worker Photo Badge, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. Watervliet, NY vintage cardboard glasses Or just leave it on

Or just leave it on the sideboard or the night stand to look pretty all of the time

otherwise good condition with some light smudges and stains here and there

16 1/4" long x 10 3/4" tall x 1 3/4" deep

one might assume

and a curious little mushroom top

Steel Worker Photo Badge, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. Watervliet, NY vintage cardboard glasses Or just leave it onIn considering how to explain why this c. 1960s 70s photo badge struck me, it occurred to me that driver's licenses and employee badges are a bit like modern portrait miniatures, and perhaps the most enduring portraits of ourselves most of us have. And, in thinking about the history and future of factory labor in this country, the employee badge of young male worker at the Allegheny Steel Company c. late 1960s early 70s feels pretty poignant. (He