Fruit Palace

[etex]

Found a 1895 Texas Fruit Palace badge. Fruit Palace Festival was held in 1895 and 1896 in Tyler Texas, the building burnt in 1903. Have found a coat lapel pin/badge and different type of fruit palace badge in Tyler previously

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice relic find, congratulations!

 

[against the wind]

Cool find,, good research

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a unique find

 

[Carolina Tom]

That's sweet! I found a badge from a Fireman's Celebration... similar to yours. Apparently these souvenir badges were big during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It probably hung from a ribbon or pin, like this one from the net.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thats a great looking badge. Nice find.

 

[ArDirtSlinger]

I love stuff like that. It's not mainstream but just as historical

 

[Tommy G]

Nice relic! It's great to be able to trace the history of items like that. Thanks for sharing.