Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1713
Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge Company
Date1954
MediumMetal; Celluloid; Paper; Ink.
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal celluloid closed-back button with horizontal clasped pinback. Front features red, white, and blue patterned background, with sepia portraits of two men in the center, with text above each of their names. White text above and below these portraits. Black plastic closed-back.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3 × 0.313 in. (7.6 × 0.8 cm)Inscriptions"VOTE DEMOCRATIC". Above left portrait: "GEO.M.LEADER", and below left portrait: "GOVERNOR". Above right portrait: "ROY E. FURMAN". Below right portrait: "LT. GOVERNOR".
MarksUnion label printed on proper right edge.
Maker's mark reads: "PHILA. BADGE CO. INC. PHILA. PA".
Related institution
Democratic Party
Related person
George M. Leader
(1918 - 2013)
Related person
Roy Evans Furman
(1901 - 1977)
On View
Not on view
1954
