Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1474
Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Date1912
Mediummetal; paper; celluloid
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal celluloid campaign button with vertical pinback. Front features a red and white block colored-background. White text in the red sections, and blue text through center white section. White union label printed in bottom section is illegible. White back paper features a maker's mark and a union label.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.813 × 0.75 × 0.125 in. (2.1 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsText on front reads: "WASHINGTON / ROOSEVELT / PARTY".
MarksMaker's mark on back reads: "THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. " Union label reads "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES [ UNION / LABEL] COUNCIL / NEWARK, N.J.". Rest of maker's mark reads "PATENTED JULY 17, 1894 / APRIL 14 1896 JULY 21, 1896".
Related person
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858 - 1919)
Related institution
Allied Printing
Previous owner
Washington Party
On View
Not on view
