Button, Promotional
Button, Promotional
Button, Promotional

Button, Promotional

Object number2012.75.34
MediumMetal, Plastic, Ink
Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns
Descriptioncircular white button. In red print is promotional message surrounding a central cartoon picture of a man with a mustache, big muscles, and a striped shirt. Back is plain tarnished silver metal with pin fastener.Dimensions1.378 x 4.3307 in. (3.5 x 11 cm)
InscriptionsIn red print, "PITTSBURGH'S" is located around top edge of pin.

On the cartoon man's striped shirt, "#1" is printed in red.

Underneath the man is the word "Father" printed in large red lettering.
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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Button, Promotional
Garland Advertising
Button, Campaign
Sudler and Bauer Ltd.
1980-1989
Button, Campaign
A.G. Trimble Company
1984-2006
Cartoon
Dale McFeatters
1982
Quilt, Art
Amy DeLancey Selders
2011
Container, Money
Stella Marrs
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