Button, Promotional
Object number2012.75.32
Manufacturer
A.G. Trimble Company
OriginPittsburgh, PA
Mediummetal; ink
Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns
DescriptionCircular white pinback button with the front of a bus printed in yellow at the top of the pin. Beneath the bus is message in yellow, red, and black. Back is gray metal and has pin fastener.Dimensions0.2213 x 0.8858 in. (0.6 x 2.3 cm)InscriptionsAt the top of the bus is printed in white "MODEL CITIES".
Toward the bottom of the bus is "PT" printed in red.
Beneath the bus is "RiDe / ON" in yellow, red, and black; the "R" and "D" are yellow; the "i", "e", and "O" are red; and the "N" is black.
MarksOn the bottom back edge of the pin is printed in black "A.G. TRIMBLE CO. PGH. PA. 15222".
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 institution
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Previous owner
Bernard A. Burns
On View
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A.G. Trimble Company
c. 1945
c. 1940
