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Broach with pin
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 115; Series 11; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Physical Description
- 1 pin : metal with photograph ; 3 cm (diam.)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a gold coloured metal circular frame with pin on back. The pin contains a portrait of Sarah Ruben Harris, taken before she immigrated to Canada in the mid-1880s from Russ-Poland. According to Thelma Harris Rose, it was referred to as "the school broach" since it was given to girls at Sarah's school and inscribed with the Russian expression for luck.
- Physical Condition
- Some discolouration on the back of the pin.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions