Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1170
Manufacturer
A.G. Trimble Company
Date1930
MediumPaper; Ink; Metal; Celluloid
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia.
DescriptionCircular, metal, open-back, celluloid button with a short, vertical pinback. Face of button features a blue background with a white PA keystone shape in the center featuring a photograph of Gifford Pinchot. White text above and below the keystone. Illegible white union label on the right side. A.G. Trimble maker's mark on backpaper.Dimensions0.188 x 0.75 in. (0.5 x 1.9 cm)InscriptionsWhite text above keystone reads "PINCHOT", and white text below keystone reads "OUR NEXT GOVERNOR". Maker's mark to the right of this is illegible. Maker's mark on backpaper reads "A. G. TRIMBLE / 3006 / JENKINS ARCADE / PGH PA". Below this is an illegible union label, and a number "1" printed to the right of this. Front
MarksMaker's mark to the right of this is illegible. Maker's mark on backpaper reads "A. G. TRIMBLE / 3006 / JENKINS ARCADE / PGH PA". Below this is an illegible union label, and a number "1" printed to the right of this.
Related person
Gifford Pinchot
(1865 - 1946)
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1929
Keystone Badge Company
1940-1960