Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign

Button, Campaign

Object number2012.75.31
Date1963
Mediumplastic; metal; ink
Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns
DescriptionCircular white pinback campaign button with the shape of the state of Pennsylvania printed in blue and red. Across the state is printed candidate name in white and below the state is candidate position printed in blue. Along the back edge of the pin printed in blue is funder information. Back is silver and has pin fastener.Dimensions0.0984 x 0.9594 in. (0.3 x 2.4 cm)
InscriptionsAcross the state is printed "BILL / SCRANTON" in white and below the state is "FOR GOVERNOR" printed in blue.

Along the back edge of the pin printed in blue is "PD. FOR BY SCRANTON FOR GOVERNOR COMM., C.H. WELLES IV 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.
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