1893 Whitehead and Hoag Fraternal Shaking Hands Pin Back Badge folk art carved head WPA artists produced thousands of

WPA artists produced thousands of these models in the 1930s as educational visual aids for schools

" who would use them to gather a crew by rendering unsuspecting victims on shore unconscious

which I'd guess dates to the 1920s

I'd love to see these put to good use

I really like the big leafy branches at either side

1893 Whitehead and Hoag Fraternal Shaking Hands Pin Back Badge folk art carved head WPA artists produced thousands ofI love how objects resonate in different ways at different times I can't look at this antique Masonic badge at the moment without thinking about Kamala Harris using a handshake at the beginning of the first presidential debate to launch the process of disarming Donald Trump. But, more enduringly, a great and iconic symbol of fraternal brotherhood specifically, and friendship more broadly, and I'd like to think gracious welcoming and mutual respect,