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Unread 02-08-2020, 01:18 PM   #1
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Does anyone have any idea who this employee is? How about what time frame this badge was used? Do you think the ML on the badge are the person's initials? Looking through The Parker Pages I did find a Michael Liddy listed as an employee around 1893. The badge is 2" in diameter.
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i would bet ML-13 is a plant or department number

the photo does not look as early as 1890's i am guessing its a small negative that was contact printed or an image straight to positive photo paper and then typed on as part of a system designed for making badges -

maybe 1930's - 1940's give or take a few years - possibly even war time for security reasons
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That is cool! First time I have seen an example of one of those.

Remember that the Charles Parker Company was a large operation with multiple facilities making a large variety of items. The guns being just one of them and a small one, by way of volume.

Likely the number is either strictly departmental or also his specific employee number that may also reference the department he works in. (Ie: ML is dept and 13 is his ID number).
Interesting that it does not have a name.
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Maybe this reprint of the employee handbook can shed some light on the id badges?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F383403442786
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I saw that the other day.
Interesting to say the least. It was nice to see how fondly they spoke of the Parker gun in the handbook.
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My new in box skeet gun which had the employee's identification was a leather wallet with a typed card inside. That would have been early thirties Remington era.
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Employees haircut looks 40's-50's style, closely cut around the ears. ML-13 probably has a simple meaning such as munitions line 13. Security badges were very common during WWII in manufacturing plants supporting the war effort.
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My grandfather was a corporate attorney and vice president of Mason Hanger Company. This could have been taken around the time they were building the Grand Coulee Dam, Lincoln Tunnels or the New River Ordance Plant. It does appear to be the identification method of the day.
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