Button, Campaign

Object number2012.75.21

MediumMetal, Plastic, Ink

Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns

DescriptionCircular black and white campaign button. On black background in white text is campaign message. Back is plain silverish metal with pin fastener.Dimensions0.5413 x 1.7008 in. (1.4 x 4.3 cm)
Inscriptions"John / Heinz / (The good ones / are hard to / find)" is printed in white lettering.

Painted outside border on back is union symbol followed by "Paid for by John Heinz Campaign Committee. D. Grant Peacock Treasurer."
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 person Henry John Heinz III

Previous owner Bernard A. Burns

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