Set of Earrings and Broach
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Description
Set of earrings and broach made of metal and gemstones. Professionally made in Austria in the 1940s. Participant ID 00034, Object ID 00070.
Keywords
Cultural, Civilian, Family Heirloom, Family Honor
Collection Site
Moab
Copyright
CC-BY-NC
Collection Date
10-22-2022
War Era
WWII
Recommended Citation
Bringing War Home, "Set of Earrings and Broach" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 75.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/75
Object Story
Krista Couture's grandmother gifted her mother a set of earrings and a broach bought at the Five and Dime store in Portland, Maine, while her son was deployed in WWII during the 1940s. The participant inherited the earrings and broach in Soko, Maine in November 2012.