Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1466
Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Date1906
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal celluloid open-back button with vertical pinback. Front features sepia image of a man facing proper right in the center. Black text above and below image. Back paper features a maker's mark, and a union label.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 0.875 × 0.125 in. (2.2 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsText above image reads: "FOR MAYOR". Text below image reads: "J. BENJAMIN DIMMICK".
Marks"THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J."
Below this is an Allied Printing union label: "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES [ UNION / LABEL] COUNCIL / NEWARK, N.J.". The rest of the maker's mark reads "PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894 / APRIL 14 1896. JULY 21, 1898".
Related person
Dimmick, Joseph Benjamin
Related institution
Allied Printing
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
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