Resonant Lot of Vintage General Electric Employee Pin Backs hourglass shaped as is the pink

as is the pink

so would have worked more like a marionette--though his long flat feet seem definitely designed for tapping

long-necked birds (emu

and in very good condition with a very light old crease at upper right

Signed on the bottom but illegible

Resonant Lot of Vintage General Electric Employee Pin Backs hourglass shaped as is the pinkI found these near Troy NY, with the seller describing them as from General Electric, which I'm sure is right. I loved finding them as a group, representing a whole spectrum of jobs and roles (and individuals who filled them), from rigger to welder to machinist, and helper machinist, too together a portrait of labor and expertise (and a sense of pride too I think) within a vast and iconic American corporation that built things. Of course I also like