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Button, Promotional

Object number2012.75.49

Manufacturer Dave Wyler

Manufacturer U.S. Advertising Inc.

OriginOwings Mills, MD

Mediummetal; ink; paper; plastic

Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns

DescriptionCircular white pinback button with a thick blue border with small white stars. In the middle of the pin is a waving American flag. Printed blue message above and below the flag.Dimensions0.0984 x 0.8118 in. (0.3 x 2.1 cm)
InscriptionsPrinted above the flag in blue is "UNION / PEOPLE".

Printed blue text below the flag is "DO IT / TOGETHER!" with "TOGETHER!" underlined in blue.
Marks
On the back printed in blue, is "DAVE WYLER / US ADVERTISING, INC. / SUPPLIER OF GENUINE / UNION-MADE / AD SPECIALTIES / 110 PAINTERS MILL ROAD / OWINGS MILLS, MD. 21117 / (301) 363-0470" followed by a blue mark that is too small to read.
Along the bottom back edge is printed in white "U S ADVERTISING INC OWINGS MILLS MD 21117 (301) 363 0470".
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.

Previous owner Bernard A. Burns

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