Badge, Campaign
Badge, Campaign
Badge, Campaign

Badge, Campaign

Object number2015.22.720
Date1920
MediumMetal; Paper; Ink; Celluloid; Fabric
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular, metal, open-back button with short vertical pinback attached to short, yellow ribbon. Face of button features a white background. At the top in dark blue writing reads "REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES". There are three oval black and white portraits across the button; The left portrait shows a man facing proper left. Beneath his image reads in white text "FOR VICE PRESIDENT / CALVIN COOLIDGE". The center portrait features a man facing slightly proper right. Beneath his image reads in white text "FOR PRESIDENT / WARREN G. HARDING". The portrait on the right features a man facing proper left; under his image in white text reads "FOR U.S. SENATOR / BOIES PENROSE". In the center beneath these portraits reads "1920" in black text. Beneath this is an image of two U.S. flags intertwined, and beneath this is a union label that is too small to read legibly. The yellow ribbon is attached at the bottom and has black text that reads "WOMEN'S / FIRST VOTE / VOTE / THE / STRAIGHT / REPUBLICAN / TICKET".Dimensions3.125 x 1.313 in. (7.9 x 3.3 cm)
InscriptionsThere are three oval black and white portraits across the button; The left portrait shows a man facing proper left. Beneath his image reads in white text "FOR VICE PRESIDENT / CALVIN COOLIDGE". The center portrait features a man facing slightly proper right. Beneath his image reads in white text "FOR PRESIDENT / WARREN G. HARDING". The portrait on the right features a man facing proper left; under his image in white text reads "FOR U.S. SENATOR / BOIES PENROSE". In the center beneath these portraits reads "1920" in black text. Beneath this is an image of two U.S. flags intertwined. The yellow ribbon is attached at the bottom and has black text that reads "WOMEN'S / FIRST VOTE / VOTE / THE / STRAIGHT / REPUBLICAN / TICKET".
MarksBeneath the image of the two intertwined flags is a union label that is too small to read legibly.
Historical NotesThis badge supporting the 1920 Republican candidates--Warren G. Harding for President, Calvin Coolidge for Vice President, and Boies Penrose for U.S. Senator--highlights "Women's First Vote". After ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920, the Presidential election that November was the first election in which women across the country could vote. The gold ribbon on the badge was also likely a nod to one of the suffrage movement's symbolic colors.
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