Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1477
Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Date1914
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 an off-white background with a black and white image of Joseph G. Armstrong in the center. Black text above and below image. Back paper features a Whitehead & Hoag Co. maker's mark. Union label printed below maker's mark.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.875 × 0.813 × 0.125 in. (2.2 × 2.1 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsText on front of button reads: "FOR MAYOR / JOSEPH G. ARMSTRONG"
MarksMaker's mark on back reads: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BUTTONS, / BADGES, / NOVELTIES, / AND SIGNS ". Union label below this is illegible. Below this reads "NEWARK, N.J.".
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Joseph G. Armstrong
On View
Not on view
