Card, Collecting
Card, Collecting
Card, Collecting

Card, Collecting

Object number2010.98.36
Manufacturer
Date2005
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumPaper
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionValerie McDonald Roberts Civic Card.Dimensions3.5 x 2.5 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)
InscriptionsFront:
Upper right hand corner has "2005".

Text under image: "DEMOCRAT / VALERIE McDONALD ROBERTS / Recorder of Deeds / ALLEGHENY COUNTY".

Reverse:
Back of card features biographical information as well as contact information for Valerie McDonald Roberts.

The bottom right hand corner on the back features text "2005 / 24".

MarksFront:
The front left hand corner features logo with text “CIVIC cards”.

Reverse:
Bottom of card has logo with “CIVIC cards” with “www.civiccards.com” below and “the / Sprout / fund” to the right; to the right of this is "© 2005 CivicCards, Inc / CivicCards is a Trademark of CivicCards, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / Designed by Andrew O. Ellis and Miguel Montoya. / Produced and distributed by CivicCards, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. / Photo: Used by permission."

Historical NotesPart of a set of political collecting cards. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.
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