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Novelty, Promotional

Object number2012.32.4

Date1970-1979

Mediumpaper

Credit LineGift of Dale Yessler

DescriptionWhite plastic bottle cap and blue card sealed inside clear plastic bag; rectangular card staples bag together. Printed in red on cap is campaign message. Black printed text on both cards and photographic print of a Caucasian male wearing glasses, dressed in a suit with a bowtie.Dimensions4.25 x 3 x 0.375 in. (10.8 x 7.6 x 1 cm)
InscriptionsPrinted in red on cap: "ELECT / THOS. J. / FOERSTER / 17 / DIST. / PENNA. / GENERAL ASSEMBLY".

Black print on both cards:
Top card: "Pure Water From Clean Streams Makes / Healthy Bodies" followed by information on Foerster's role in passing a bill on clean water; also features a photograph print of a Caucasian male wearing glasses, dressed in a suit with a bow tie; "TOM J. FOERSTER / DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE--17TH DISTRICT / GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA / 26 & 27TH WARD - 21ST WARD (3,5,7,9 & 10TH DIST. ONLY)"; Union logo below; replicated on both sides.

Handwritten in pencil on obverse, left side: "51 - 136".

Blue card: "THIS CAP SEALER will / keep the contents of your opened soft drink / bottles fresh and spark- / ling."; continues on to promote voting for Foerster.
Historical NotesFoerster candidate for 17th legislative district bottle cap novelty. Tom Foerster and Leonard Staisey were local politicians (Democrats) who were frequent legislative partners. In the 1970s, they were the Allegheny County Commissioners (Staisey’s years as CC 1968-1976, Foerster was CC into the 1980s) and created a legacy of development including the airport, social service networks, rapid transit systems, county parks, and the Community College of Allegheny County. Foerster was a crucial supporter of the development of the Senator John Heinz History Center from the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.

Related person Thomas J. Foerster (1927 - 2000)

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