Badge, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1377 a,b
Date1940
Mediummetal; ink; paper; cellulid; fabric
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCampaign badge consisting of metal rectangular, gold-tone pin attached to yellow ribbon and a gold-tone metal bell attached to bottom of ribbon. Ribbon has blue text throughout, and a metal ring at the bottom to attach to the bell, which is detached. Blue text through center of rectangular pin. Piece of ribbon attached to adhesive tape attached to the bottom of the ribbon. Gold-tone, metal bell with metal clapper, meant to copy the Liberty Bell. Bell has faux- "cracks" through the front, with engraved text around cracks. Rectangular-shaped ring at the top, to attach to ribbon.DimensionsPart a: 4.688 × 2.188 × 0.313 in. (11.9 × 5.6 × 0.8 cm)Part b: 1.625 × 1.563 × 1.563 in. (4.1 × 4 × 4 cm)
InscriptionsPart a: Text across rectangular pin reads "JAMES". Text on ribbon reads "Pennsylvania / Rang the Liberty Bell / in 1776 / Ring it again in / 1940 / and save the Country / with / ARTHUR H. JAMES".
Part b: Bell reads "1776 / LILBERTY".
Related person
Arthur Horace James
(1883 - 1973)
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1940
1920-1987
American Safety Table Company
L.E. Smith Glass Company
1938
