Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1718
Manufacturer
A.G. Trimble Company
Date1964
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid
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 a white background, with blue text across top and bottom of button, surrounding an image of an eagle with a shield on its chest at the top, and three photographic busts of three men in the center. Blue text under each image.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.563 × 0.313 in. (6.5 × 0.8 cm)InscriptionsAcross top reads: "ORIGINAL EMBLEM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHEN PARTY WAS FOUNDED IN / PITTSBURGH 1855". Text under left portrait reads: "GOLDWATER", text under lower-center portrait reads "SCOTT", and text under right portrait reads "MILLER". Across bottom reads: "PENNSYLVANIA VOTE STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN"
MarksMaker's mark reads: "A.G. TRIMBLE CO. PITTSBURGH PA 15222".
Related person
Barry Goldwater
Related person
Hugh Scott Jr.
(1900 - 1994)
Related person
William E. Miller
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1958