Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1482
Manufacturer
Bastian Brothers Company
Date1918
MediumMetal; Celluloid; Paper; Ink
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionOval-shaped metal celluloid open-back button with vertical pinback. Front features a yellow background, with an off-white oval in the center containing a sepia image of a man. Black text in the yellow section above and below image. On back paper maker's mark printed in black .InscriptionsText on front reads: "BABOCK / FOR MAYOR".Marks"BASTION BROS. CO. / Mfrs. of / Celluloid Novelties. / Rochester, N. Y." A union label is printed below this, but it is cut off.
Related person
Edward Vose Babcock
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
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