Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1484
Manufacturer
A. J. Keil Company
Date1920
MediumMetal; Celluloid; Paper
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 a dark navy blue background, with a gold-tone Pennsylvania keystone in the center. Illustrated gray elephant in the center of the keystone, with gold-tone text printed across body. Gold-tone text above and below keystone. White back paper features a maker's mark printed in navy blue text. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.938 × 0.75 × 0.188 in. (2.4 × 1.9 × 0.5 cm)InscriptionsText above and below image on front reads: "HARDING / COOLIDGE". "G.O.P" printed across image of elephant.
Marks"THE / A.J. KEIL CO. / Specialists in / Novelty Advertisin[g] / Betz Bldg. / Philadelphia". Maker's mark printed below this, but it is cut off and illegible.
Related person
Calvin Coolidge
Related person
Warren G. Harding
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1951
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