1914 Marathon Medal - WEAVERS UNION FIELD DAY (Art Square)

[mjm579]

Any idea on this organization? I've checked google. Looks like the (shingle) weavers union was in place at this time. Just interesting that they had a "field day". I can't find any reference to this online. Any help is much appreciated!!

Value?

 

[Mackaydon]

How much research do you want to do? This metal appears to have been made by Dieges and Clust. They sold out to Herff Jones in 1980. In turn, Herff Jones sold out to the Carnation Company. Soon thereafter, Herff Jones repurchased the company and today Herff Jones is a large company (3,000 employees) HQ-ed in Indianapolis. They are famous for making the Heisman Trophy, the "Indy" 500 winner's ring, the Super Bowl rings, etc. My point is, they may have archived records of your medal.
Don......

 

[BigWaveDave]

How much research do you want to do? This metal appears to have been made by Dieges and Clust. They sold out to Herff Jones in 1980. In turn, Herff Jones sold out to the Carnation Company. Soon thereafter, Herff Jones repurchased the company and today Herff Jones is a large company (3,000 employees) HQ-ed in Indianapolis. They are famous for making the Heisman Trophy, the "Indy" 500 winner's ring, the Super Bowl rings, etc. My point is, they may have archived records of your medal.
Don......

You oughtta work for google.

 

[Mackaydon]

Maybe Wikipedia; they don't get paid a cent either.
Don.......

 

[mjm579]

How much research do you want to do? This metal appears to have been made by Dieges and Clust. They sold out to Herff Jones in 1980. In turn, Herff Jones sold out to the Carnation Company. Soon thereafter, Herff Jones repurchased the company and today Herff Jones is a large company (3,000 employees) HQ-ed in Indianapolis. They are famous for making the Heisman Trophy, the "Indy" 500 winner's ring, the Super Bowl rings, etc. My point is, they may have archived records of your medal. Don......

Thank you. I'll see what I can find. Any chance you think I can find anything on their website? If they have one.

 

[Mackaydon]

You might consider starting here:
https://www.herffjones.com/profileCenter/index.cfm?event=CustomerService.customerServiceRequest
Don.....

 

[Bramblefind]

Here's a newspaper article about it -- it looks like "Jos. Distol, Marquette" was the 5th place finisher in that "marathon" race.

M`Kerman First in Big Sprint. Young Celtic Runner Shows Heels to Competitors in Handicap Street Marathon
Date: Sunday, August 23, 1914 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 171 Issue: 54 Page: 5

 

[mjm579]

Thank you VERY much. Makes sense why I found it near Philadelphia then.