Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1672
Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge Company
Date1954
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid; Ink; Paper; Plastic
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCelluloid pinback button. Face features portraits of Lloyd H. Wood and Frank Truscott in the center, with red and blue text.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.063 × 0.375 in. (7.8 × 1 cm)InscriptionsText across top reads "VOTE REPUBLICAN". Text beneath left portrait reads "WOOD for GOVERNOR", and text under right portrait reads "TRUSCOTT for LT. GOVERNOR". Text across lower section reads "PULL 1ST LEVER."
MarksPrinted along bottom edge reads "PHILA. BADGE CO. INC. PHILA. PA."
Philadelphia Allied Printing union label printed along top edge.
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Lloyd H. Wood
Related person
Frank F. Truscott
Previous owner
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1954
1920
1948
