Button, Campaign
Object number2012.75.23
Manufacturer
Sudler and Bauer Ltd.
Date1980-1989
MediumMetal
Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns
DescriptionCircular red pinback campaign button with blue and white campaign message printed on the front. Back is tarnished silver metal with a pin fastener.Dimensions0.0984 x 1.2055 in. (0.3 x 3.1 cm)InscriptionsFront has text "LEADER FOR THE / 1980s / FRANK / PALUMBO" in blue and white.
MarksPrinted in white along bottom back edge "SUDLER & BAUER LTD".
Back has a small white paper square glued to it that has "UNION MADE" printed in black above a black mark that is too small to read.
Historical NotesPart of a collection belonging to Bernie Burns. The collection documents Firefighters Local No. 1, the firefighting union of which Bernie Burns was the president; his life as a firefighter; and additional items that document growing up in Lawrenceville in the 1960s and 1970s.
Related person
Frank Palumbo
Previous owner
Bernard A. Burns
On View
Not on view
1971-1989
Garland Advertising
c. 1979
1980-1985
c. 2002
2000
Badge-a-Minit
1963