Larson Name Tags

It all started with Boy Scout Troop 58 in St. Peter, Minnesota. Martin Larson, my dad, bought an engraver to make name tags for the scouts going to the national jamboree. Soon he was engraving name tags for waitresses, nurses, square dancers, members of fraternal orders, salespeople, church members, and other miscellaneous groups and individuals. Back then he was using New Hermes pantograph machine which required both hands to operate. Today the engraving is done in Colorado using two computerized engravers,