Badge, Political
Object number2015.22.306
Manufacturer
J.H. Shaw Company
Date1898
MediumFabric; Ink; Metal; Celluloid; Paper
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionBlue ribbon with blue bow tied at the top and red, white, and blue striped pin attached at the top in center. Below this are two U. S. flags crossed above a circular celluloid pin; flags are fabric and sewed to ribbon. Pin features a sepia photograph of man, with text above image.DimensionsHeight x Width: 7.5 x 2.625 in. (19.1 x 6.7 cm)InscriptionsDark text throughout ribbon reads: "ALTERNATE / 11TH ANNUAL / CONVENTION." Below this are two U. S. flags crossed above a pin. The circular portion of the pin is yellow. At the top of the pin reads: "FOR GOVERNOR". In the center of the pin is a photographic image of a man facing forward. Below the photograph reads: "COL. W. R. STONE.". Below the pin, on the blue ribbon, continues in dark text : "REPUBLICAN / LEAGUE / OF PENNSYLVANIA / PITTSBURGH / SEPT. 7-8-9, 1898."
MarksMaker's mark printed on paper/cardstock and adhered to reverse side of ribbon. In black ink reads: "J. H. Shaw Co. / No. 1330 Chestnut Street, / Philadelphia, Pa., / Manufacturer of / Badges, Buttons, Portraits, / Banners and Flags."
Related person
William Alexis Stone
(1846 - 1920)
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
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